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Gasterhawothia "ROSAVA"
Spectacular hybrid plant with beautiful colouring. Uncommon fat,
smooth dark-green leaves spotted by contrasting raised pebbled-white
dots.
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Gasteraworthia: Gasteraworthias are horticultural crosses
between Gasteria and Haworthia. These
bigeneric hybrids are usually diploids and have been received the status
of new genus. The shapes and sizes of these plants are quite
variable due to the hybrid origin and usually halfway between the two
parents. Most of them have dark green spotted leaves.
They are strong and easy to grow.
Flowers: The flowers of the genus Gasteria are
hanging, tubular, red and yellow and are pollinated by birds, while
those of the genus Haworthia are smaller, erect,
oblique-limbed whitish and are often pollinated by bees.
The flowers of Gasterhaworthias shows intermediate features, but
unlikely to suit either pollinator.
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Family: Asphodelaceae
Scientific name: x Gasterhaworthia cv.
ROSAVA
Origin:
Garden origin (Nursery
produced cultivar)
Description: Gasterhawortia cv. ROSAVA This is one of the nicest and
adaptable cultivars characterized by short dark-green leaves spotted by
contrasting raised pebbled-white dots. The
leaves are thick, smooth, toothless (or with very short marginal
indentation in adult specimens) . The rosettes are
medium-sized and compact. It grows relatively
slowly, can get quite large with time with rosettes up to 20 cm across.
The Gasteria and Haworthia species used in this hybrid are unknown.
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Cultivation: They are slow
growing but long-lived plants of easy culture which makes them a good
houseplant and can be an excellent subject for the beginning
gasteriaphile (it can grow easily on window sills, verandas and in
miniature succulent gardens where they are happy to share their habitat
with other smaller succulent plants) Need light shade to shade, but will
take full sun part of the day. They a prefer a very porous potting mix
to increase drainage. During the hot summer months, the soil should be
kept moist but not overly wet. The plants are fertilized only once
during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer diluted to ½ the
recommended strength. During the winter months, water only when the soil
becomes completely dry. Frost hardy to -1°C (Or less).
Propagation:
Gasterhawothia "ROSAVA" is propagated by the removal of
offshoots or by leaf cuttings in spring or summer. To propagate by leaf
cuttings, remove a leaf and let it lie for about one month (e.g. in a
cool window sill), giving the wound time to heal. Then lay the leaf on
its side with the basal part buried in the soil. This leaf should root
within a month or two, and small plants will form at the leaf base.
Young plants can be harvested the following season.
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