bae at cs.toronto.edu (Beverly Erlebacher) wrote in
news:2003Apr25.101923.2944 at jarvis.cs.toronto.edu:
> It's a flower stem. The flowers are usually tiny greenish white
> "lilies" with purple stripes. Occasionally Haworthias will produce a
> plantlet on the flower stem long after the flowers are gone, so leave
> it on the plant.
Just how long is the stem going to get?
Right now its just over 18cm And doesn't look like ist getting ready to
stop!
> It's an interesting group of plants. easy to grow if you don't
> overwater, and easy to propagate. The related genus Gasteria has a
> lot of nice plants in it too. While some Gasterias get large,
> Haworthias generally stay small so they're an good group of plants for
> people with limited space.
Its actually one of my faves I have so far....
But the one i really want is the Haworthia Coarctata v.adelaidensis
With its loverly red stems tightly packed....B-)
http://www.desert-
tropicals.com/Plants/Asphodelaceae/Haworthia_adelaidensis.html
Like this....Only I have seen them with much redder stems
