I encountered this flowering specimen of Haworthia blackburniae on a hike in the Little Karoo recently. I was so taken by this amazing little plant that I didn't spot the exposed roots until I viewed the images some time later - apparently there's more of the plant underground than there is above!
Haworthia blackburniae
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Haworthia blackburniae
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Re: Haworthia blackburniae
Not too far from the H. blackburniae site is a rocky hillside sheltering dozens of beautiful H. truncata specimens with interesting oval leaf tips. There the plants grow in heavy clay and sheltered by the surrounding rocks - an amazing place indeed.
Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa
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Re: Haworthia blackburniae
This truncata is amazing, almost like an intermediary form between it and (truncata var.) maughanii, which, if I remember correctly, exists in the wild.
Edit: after Wikipedia, 'Form "crassa" (lit. "fat") is an intermediate form between the variety maughanii and the type variety truncata. It has the rounded leaf tips of var. maughanii, but unlike that variety they are arranged in distichous rows.'
I would love to find seeds of it available somewhere.
Edit: after Wikipedia, 'Form "crassa" (lit. "fat") is an intermediate form between the variety maughanii and the type variety truncata. It has the rounded leaf tips of var. maughanii, but unlike that variety they are arranged in distichous rows.'
I would love to find seeds of it available somewhere.
Mat
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Re: Haworthia blackburniae
My blackburniae never flowers but it is in a small pot - makes me wonder if a larger pot is in order.
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Re: Haworthia blackburniae
That truncata is gorgeous.