Haworthia for ID

[ralphrmartin]

I've bought this plant twice under different names. It's very distinctive, in the way the leaves fold over, leaving a big hollow in the centre. The leaves are also very distinctively marked.Does anyone have a positive ID for it please?

[Tony R]

Looks like what is now called H. mucronata var. inconfluens? (inconfluens means coming together) but I am no haworthia expert!
Have a look at Jakub's excellent habitat photos to see the variability, particularly those from Vorbaat?
http://haworthia-gasteria.blogspot.com/ ... luens.html

When I had this in my collection many years ago, it was called H. habdomadis var. inconfluens.

[Apicra]

It is always difficult to ID Haworthias without their original locality info, but I would ally this to the H. decipiens complex because of the thinness of the leaves. Nice clone!

Best wishes,
Derek Tribble

[ralphrmartin]

Looks like what is now called H. mucronata var. inconfluens?

I have a plant (plausibly) called that, and it is not the one in the picture. Googling that name also fails to turn up anything like the plant shown.

[ralphrmartin]

It is always difficult to ID Haworthias without their original locality info, but I would ally this to the H. decipiens complex because of the thinness of the leaves. Nice clone!

Thanks. It doesn't really have the "jizz" of that group of plants. My feeling is that it is more related to H. cooperi. One name I have for it is H. cooperi v. picta, but that does not seem to be a valid name.

[ralphrmartin]

For completeness, the other name I got it under was H. 'Sakura Crystal' which is also a rather different looking plant.

[Tony R]

Yes, a plant in the hand is always easier to id than one in a picture, but I suggest you ask Jakub.

[ralphrmartin]

Thanks, Tony. Do you have his current email address?

[Tony R]

sent PM.

[ralphrmartin]

Well, Jakub's opinion was that it may be a form of H. decipiens - but also noted that there are many hybrid plants out there.

I did an image search for H. decipiens, and didn't find anything quite like this plant.

So, if anyone else comes across it, and has any further information, please let me know.