After the recent Gasteria ID thread, I think that this is also G.bicolor. It's part of a large clump which has been split; no sign of ever having flowered; all the stems are small, none growing leaves longer than 5 or 6cm.
Am I correct in going for bicolor as the ID?
Gasteria bicolor?
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Gasteria bicolor?
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Re: Gasteria bicolor?
I can't see a photo, Mike.
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Re: Gasteria bicolor?
Here it isMike T
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Re: Gasteria bicolor?
Yes, a typical 'Victorian' G. bicolor.
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Re: Gasteria bicolor?
Crickey Tony, you have a good memory! You must be older than I thought! 
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Re: Gasteria bicolor?
I hide my age quite well!ralphrmartin wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 8:36 pm Crickey Tony, you have a good memory! You must be older than I thought!
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Re: Gasteria bicolor?
Thanks, Tony
Do you mean that this clone (or something very similar) has been in cultivation since Victorian times?
The pot was 8" or 9", crammed full, with the base of a broken old label. Looked to have been in there for many years, but as the pot and label were plastic, definitely post-Victorian. Though that doesn't rule out the plant itself being way older than the pot.
It's now a couple of dozen separate plants. Wonder how many will still be going a hundred years from now?
Do you mean that this clone (or something very similar) has been in cultivation since Victorian times?
The pot was 8" or 9", crammed full, with the base of a broken old label. Looked to have been in there for many years, but as the pot and label were plastic, definitely post-Victorian. Though that doesn't rule out the plant itself being way older than the pot.
It's now a couple of dozen separate plants. Wonder how many will still be going a hundred years from now?
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