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Help with ID please, Gasteria, Haworthia or Aloe?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 2:05 pm
by Fredkarno
This plant was one of those unlabelled middle isle buys from Sainsbugs or somewhere similar. Any help with Id would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
Re: Help with ID please, Gasteria, Haworthia or Aloe?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 2:13 pm
by Diane
Judging by the flower stem, it looks very much like Aloe haworthioides! That’s quite a find in a supermarket!
Re: Help with ID please, Gasteria, Haworthia or Aloe?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:44 pm
by Herts Mike
Agree. Amazing find!
Re: Help with ID please, Gasteria, Haworthia or Aloe?
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:07 am
by BrianMc
Yes, a super little plant. I saw some for sale in my local "chain" garden centre earlier in the year.
Re: Help with ID please, Gasteria, Haworthia or Aloe?
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:00 pm
by aloefan
Definitely haworthoides.
Such a particular inflorescence.
Great plant, but very difficult to manually pollinate (I've found) because of the flower shapes.
Great find
Re: Help with ID please, Gasteria, Haworthia or Aloe?
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:38 pm
by Davey246
aloefan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:00 pm
Great plant, but very difficult to manually pollinate (I've found) because of the flower shapes.
The great majority (all????) of plants do not require the corolla (in this case corolla tube), to be present for successful fertilisation. Almost certainly the corolla tube can be cut away, with care, and the flower then successfully pollinated.