Marquise de Sévigné

 Parentage : Graptopetalum amethystinum x G. paraguayense ssp. paraguayense

Description:

Stems upright and pendent, up to 55 cm long, 1,2 cm in diameter.

Rosette at top of stem, 10-12 cm in diameter, 8 cm high, 20-30  leaves.

Leaves 6 cm long, 2,6 cm wide, greyish blue-green, pruinose, ventrally almost flat with faint markings, dorsally rounded, partly keeled.

Inflorescences lateral, a 35-50 cm long bifurcate cincinnus, with more than 20 flowers, pedicels 0,8-1 cm long.

Flowers 5- merous, 1,5 cm wide, sepals equal, appressed, 0,7-1,1 cm long, petals united at 2 mm, 1 cm long, 3-4 mm wide, white with many red blotches, stamen 10, white, carpel yellowish, style reddish.

Published in Subtropica n°24, novembre 2008, by J.-M. Moullec.
 

Note :

Graptopetalum 'Marquise de Sévigné', G. 'Snow-White' and G. 'Victor Kane' - they all have the same parentage : G. amethystinum x G. paraguayense ssp. paraguayense. They differ in the amount of pruinosity of the leaves and in the amount of red speckles on the petals. Differences are minimal, and in fact it was not justified to apply 3 different names.