[1][2] It grows on shady rocks, or rarely as an epiphyte, at an altitude of 1200 – 2100 meters, geographically isolated from all other Graptopetalum species.

Rosette plants; stems short, basally branched and in addition with axillary runners.

Rosette dense, ± mat-forming.

Leaves tongue-shaped, spreading during the growth season, connivent during the dry season, 2,5 – 3, 5 x 0,8 – 1,5 cm, usually ± bright bluish to greenish, apically drawn out into an up to 2 mm long elongate tip.

Flowers 5-merous, sepals basally united, obovate, acute, 6 – 8 mm, petals ovate-lanceolate, pointed, 7 – 10 mm, lower face green, tube 3 – 4 mm, inside whitish-yellow-green, basally scattered brown blotches and/or stripes, these confluent in the middle and resulting in an almost solid coloration towards the tips, apically yellowish-green, lower face with red stripes near the margins, filaments 5 – 8 mm, greenish-white apically tinged reddish.