Still Fire
My favorite today: Echeveria agavoides 'Psyche'
I fell in love 😍 with this plant not because of how it looked when I first saw it, although, that too, but because of its name! 😂 My field of study is psychology 🤓 and I immediately wanted to have a succulent with such an expressive name that reminds me of my OTHER passion besides plants. 🤩
I got this plant in August 2020, which was the very beginning of my succulent business. 🌵 The sales picture was taken in the dark and I was not sure of the color 💩, but I knew that it was 7cm (about 3") across and that the listing was dated June 10th.
When I got it, it was green 🌿with some brownish color on the leaf tips. 🤨 Of course, 2 summer months made it lose color, but I was not paying attention to that. I was in love! 😍 The entire etiolated butch of plants that I got from that seller impressed me 😘 to the point that I made a picture of it to become my banner (you can see it on my Facebook page). 🥳
And this Psyche is in the very middle of it. 😆
Ok, back to the present... This plant took 3 years to grow from 3" to 4", but it not just increased in size. It literally transformed into something amazing! 🤩
First, I liked it for its name, but now I loooove 💗 it for its looks. 🥰 Only when it totally changed in appearance I recognized that this echeveria is of agavoides type, which has a specific leaf shape and pointy dark tips. 🤓 It reminds me of fireworks with its burst of color and pointy shape. It's like a fire frozen in the moment. 💥 What not to love about it? ❤️🔥
Finally, the pot! This is not a regular pot, this is one made for me by my older son, Eldar. Eldar, just like Victor, took a semester of wheel-throwing for his GE, but he stopped right there. Thus, I have very few of his pots, but I believe he has talent. 😍
The pot is lightweight and well-shaped 👍 plus it has an original design with gold shimmering achieved by a specific glaze. 👏 The combination of this very special plant in an even more special pot makes this duo my favorite of favorites if I can say it like that. ❤️🔥😆❤️🔥
This journal entry got a bit bigger than usual 🤪 because I have a special relationship with the subject I am describing. Well... you can look at the pictures if you get bored reading. 🤷♀️
Oh, and one more thing…
This Echeveria agavoides ‘Psyche’ got featured in my 4th of July Sale flier (here is a shot I took before creating the flier)! 😆 This still or frozen-in-time fire fitted well the theme of fireworks. 💥
The pot is 4.5" in diameter.