The Ghost Echeveria (Echeveria lilacina) is a succulent plant in the Crassulaceae family. It is also known as the Mexican Hens and Chicks.
It is native to Mexico in rocky regions.
It grows to about 15 centimetres (5 inches) tall.
It has silver-grey, spoon-shaped, fleshy leaves in a rosette shape of 12-25 centimetres (5-10 inches) in diameter.
The Ghost Echeveria has pale pink, pale lilac, or coral-coloured flowers on an arching raceme on the top of a 15 centimetre (5 inch) reddish stem.
It blooms from late winter to early spring.
Photographed in Paris, France, July 2021.
Photographer: Martina Nicolls
MARTINA NICOLLS