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Haworthias |
| Family: Asphodelaceae
Related Plants: Aloe,
Gasteria, Kniphofia, Poellnitzia and Astroloba
No of Species: 61
(divided in 3 subgenus), 169
subspecies, varieties and forma per Bayer 1999.
A genus of small flowering plants
endemic to South Africa.
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About
Astroloba |
| Family: Asphodelaceae
Closely Related Plants: Aloe,
Gasteria, Knophia, Poellnitzia and Haworthia
No of Species: 7
Named for the star shaped lobes on
the flowers. Endemic to South Africa
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About
Gasteria |
| Family: Asphodelaceae
Closely Related Plants: Aloe,
Haworthia, Knophia, Poellnitzia and Astroloba
No of Species: 19, 39
varieties
Endemic to South Africa. Gasteria are named for
the stomach like flowers.
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About
Poellnitzia |
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Family: Asphodelaceae
Closely Related Plants: Aloe,
Gasteria, Haworthia, Knophia and Astroloba
No of Species: 1, Poellnitzia
rubriflora
A single species genus, named after
Joseph Karl von Poellnitz, a German botanist. |
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General Tips on Cultivation |
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North Wales an area of moderate temperatures, relatively
mild winters and high rainfall. In the main I use the same
methods for all three genus. It is important to bear in mind
every greenhouse creates it's own micro-climate influenced
but the type, size, location, ventilation, heating, layout
and number and types plants therefore what works for me may
not be the ideal for you and your plants, but a variation on
it may do. |
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Propagation |
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Propagation of all
four genus can be carried out by various methods, the most
obvious being seed raising. There are also various
vegetative means of propagation, offsets, leaf cuttings,
root cuttings, coring, halving and from flower stems. |
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