Growing naturally in warm climates with lots of sun, so they have adapted to a warm bright environment.The species and the many beautiful Echeveria hybrids derived from them all require similar care. However, even though Echeveria prefer bright light, putting them directly into full sun for the summer months can be stressful for them, as well as causing sunburn. Gradually acclimatize them by putting them in an area that gets only morning sun for a few hours a day, and increase it over a week or so until they\’re in full sun. Avoid afternoon sun altogether as the foliage will burn and stress the plant out. If the foliage gets sunburned, the best thing to do is behead the plant, and grow a new one, taking off the damaged leaves. If it’s not too badly damaged, the leaves can be used for propagation. In the winter, the brightest window you can supply will be fine, or grow them under fluorescent grow lights on a twelve to fourteen hour schedule. The blooming cycle is built in, and any Echeveria that has the right conditions (light, both length and intensity, watering when dry, and soil that is well drained and porous) once it gets old enough, the flower stalks will emerge from the center of the plant, like clockwork, every year.