Haworthia emelyaevar.multifoliaM.B.Bayer
Haworthia multifolia
Family : AsphodelaceaeSubfamily : AsphodeloideaeTribe : AloeaeGenus : Haworthia
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Haworthia emelyaevar.multifoliais native toSouth Africa .
Haworthia emelyaevar.multifoliais a small succulent that bod acaulescent , slowly proliferous rosettes of dark green with colored vein contrasting with the translucent window . The rosette can grow up to 2.8 inches ( 7 centimetre ) in diam . This variety has larger rosettes and more slender suberect leaves thanHaworthia emelyaevar.emelyae . The folio are lancelike , with irregularly toothed margins , keel toothed with fine whitish tooth , and a fine bristle at the tip . They can measure up to 1.8 inches ( 4.5 curium ) long and 0.4 in ( 4 cm ) astray .
The flowers are small , white or pinkish - livid with greenish or pinkish - brown veins , and appear in a raceme on a cerebral peduncle up to 10 inches ( 25 centimetre ) long .
USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° coulomb ) .
These succulents are not see difficulthouseplantsto grow . If you may keep a good deal ofAloealive on a windowsill , prospect are you may do the same with a dish ofHaworthia . As with all succulents , the most life-threatening situation istoo much water . They should never be allowed to sit in water under any circumstances . At the same time , these little decorative plants can be rise in interesting containers such as teacups and even miniature baby shoes . If you ’re given aHaworthiain such a container , ensure the container has fair to middling drain .
Haworthias are small , commonly between 3 and 5 column inch ( 7.5 centimetre and 12.5 centimeter ) in height , and relatively slow - rise . Therefore , they are often develop in small cluster in wide-cut , shallow dishes . Over time , clump will naturally flesh out as the mother plant post off little plantlets . When the clustering has outgrown its dish , repot into a fresh wide and shallow dish antenna with freshpotting soilin the spring or former summertime . This is also the time to take runner for multiplication .
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