In article <Xns9368AA6E72464cabbageboy at 130.133.1.4>,
Rick McGreal <rick at mynock.com> wrote:
>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!
They can get really long, a meter or more, even from very small plants.
>> 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
Unfortunately, without intense light, you can't count on them staying
either very red or tightly packed.
