Brand: Fat Plants San Diego
Color: Pink Moonstones
Features:
- HEATED SHIPPING - SELECT STANDARD SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT. If you live in an area where temperatures will fall below freezing we highly suggest that you select standard shipping at checkout. Standard shipping items will ship via priority mail with a heat pack to ensure your plants do not freeze in transit. If temperatures in your delivery zip code will not be below freezing and standard shipping is selected your plant will ship via priority mail but will not have a heat package.
- Fully rooted living succulent plant in a 4 inch industry standard plastic growers pot with soil.
- Plants will arrive in individual gift packaging with cushioning.
- Plants may not be identical to the photos as they are live plants and grow differently throughout the year. Colorful plants will fade due to being in a dark box for several days but should brighten back up with the correct lighting and care. Plants may arrive taller, shorter, wider, narrower, thicker or less thick based on health, availability, season and readiness.
- Fat Plants is a California licensed grower and retail nursery.
Details: We call this fun little succulent the moonstones. Native to Mexico it is known in the wild only from a single location on rock cliffs at 3,900 feet in San Luis Potosi. This round, rosette succulent plant does best in a very bright place or under a grow lamp indoors. Outdoors we recommend planting in a place that gets morning sun but not full direct afternoon sun. As with most succulents, this plant will die from too much water. It is best to water only when the soil is completely dry. The moonstone succulent is not frost hardy and will not survive in freezing temperatures. It is happiest in a place that stays above 45 degrees F. It will bloom in late winter early spring, gorgeous red-orange flowers on long racemes. The name for the genus comes from the Greek word 'pachys' meaning "thick" and phyton (phuton) meaning "plant" because of the thick swollen leaves and the specific epithet comes from the Latin words 'ovum' meaning "egg" and 'fera' or 'ferum' meaning "carrying" again in reference to the shape of the turgid leaves. The common name "Moonstones" and alternate name "Sugar Almond Plant" is also a reference to the shape and color of the leaves.
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 4.0 x 4.0 inches