Haworthia bayeriJ.D.Venter & S.A.Hammer

Haworthia hayashii , Haworthia indigoa , Haworthia jadea , Haworthia laeta , Haworthia truterorum

Family : AsphodelaceaeSubfamily : AsphodeloideaeTribe : AloeaeGenus : Haworthia

Haworthia bayeri

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Haworthia bayeriis endemical to the southern Cape Provinces inSouth Africa .

Haworthia bayeriis one of the most prominent retuse - leavedHaworthiaspecies , highly try - after for its beautiful leaf marking . It is varying and has multiple different regional forms . Its dark color and rounded folio tips can key it from its relatives . The upper leafage control surface are semi - translucent and usually marked with longitudinal lines or reticulate patterns rather than spots or flecks . The little potato is typically lonesome but sometimes can organise offset .

The small , whitish - dark-green flowers appear on slender stalks from outflow to summer .

Haworthia bayeri

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USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .

These succulents   are not considered difficulthouseplantsto grow . If you’re able to keep a pot ofAloealive on a windowsill , fortune are you’re able to do the same with a dish ofHaworthia . As with all succulents , the most unsafe situation istoo much pee . They should never be allowed to sit in water under any circumstance . At the same sentence , these short decorative plants can be grown in interesting containers such as teacups and even infant shoes . If you ’re given aHaworthiain such a container , ensure the container has adequate drainage .

Haworthias are small , usually between 3   and 5 inches ( 7.5 cm and 12.5 cm ) in tiptop and comparatively easy - arise . Therefore , they are often grow in modest clusters in panoptic , shallow dishes . Over time , clusters will naturally expand as the female parent plant station off small plantlets . When the cluster has outgrown its lulu , repot into a new wide and shallow dish with freshpotting soilin the spring or early summer . This is also the time to take offsets for extension .

Haworthia bayeri

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Haworthia bayeri

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