I'm new here (surprising, I know). I'm located in California so we have loooots of sunshine for cacti and other succulents. I don't actually have any cacti yet (I'm hoping that will change soon, after my birthday passes). I do have a few succulents though. The succulent that started my collection is a pachyveria I bought last November. From my reading online it seems that that means it is a pachyphytum and echeveria hybrid. I bought it while flowering and it is still flowering today. It is my favorite that I own so far. I also have some smaller ones, and some propagations from fallen leaves that I've found at garden centers (if you ask they usually let you take the fallen leaves since they just sweep them into trash anyway). I found this forum while looking for additional places I can ask questions about succulent care, and just learn about them in general. Currently I use the Succulents subreddit to get my questions answered, and while it is very helpful and informative, sometimes the questions just don't get seen and are buried quickly by new posts.
Below I have a link to photos of my collection:
https://imgur.com/a/MXll6dJ
Nice to meet you all!
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