I have started this thread because of the interesting comments in the daily photo thread.
These are big plants in 6 inch long tom clay pots. Ex Ians haworthias.
Haworthia truncata 'kwai royal' I get because its a cultivar of truncata.
Haworthia 'tianya' - what would the main species be? Its another japanese cultivar
A cultivar name or hybrid name, especially something a little 'exotic' would fetch a better price than "hybrid".
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
The first one is H.Tengai, a Koelmaniorum hybrid, in good sun it goes a lovely brick red colour. As for all the fancy Chinese Truncata names that all seem to be translated to English and don't make much sense, I'd ignore the names and just buy whatever appeals, H.Truncata Mammoth is worth looking out for and is one of Ian's best Chinese ones.
In addition to the points made above, cultivar names should always be capitalised and include in quite marks to denote they are a cultivar name and not a location, form or anything else. They should also never be in italics.
Unless you know the plant isn't a hybrid and is the species it purports to be, it might be best just to use the genus and cultivar names anyway as they should not be duplicated in a genus. I have some Haworthia 'Lime Green Variegated' that many call truncata but is actually a hybrid (I am told!), for example.
And, while cultivars can be raised from seed in certain circumstances (where you get consistent plants from seed, for example many vegetable seeds and lithops), mostly they are propagated vegetatively and only clones of the cultivar should retain the cultivar name.
Ian usually has them for sale, most likely there will be some at Lullingstone Castle tomorrow. The price has always been £60, one of his pricier plants but nobody else will have it for sale.
The second set is more widely known, e.g. 'Incarose' (I have a gut feeling that this is the original spelling) is mentioned here as a "Japan origin", which is rather common: http://succulentauction.com/archive/
