Pachyphytum Hookeri

The specific epithet "hookeri (pronounced HOOK-er-ee)" honors Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), an English botanist and botanical illustrator who was the first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Pachyphytum hookeri is a small  succulent with spindle-shaped leaves at first clustered in rosettes, later more or less distant, and only in the uppermost part of the stems. It can reach a height of 12 inches (30 cm). The stems are erect, decumbent, or pendent and can grow up to 25 inches (50 cm) long and 0.7 inches (1.7 cm) in diameter. The leaves are green, glaucous, or sometimes reddish. They can measure up to 2 inches (5 cm) long, up to 0.7 inches (1.8 cm) wide, and 0.15 inches (1.1 cm) thick. The flowers are tubular to bell-shaped, with rose-colored to red or green-tipped sepals and rose-colored or yellowish petals. They can reach a length of 0.35 inches (0.9 cm). In spring, the flowers appear on arching, rose-colored to red stalks that can grow up to 14 inches (35 cm) long. P. h