Gasteria batesiana var. batesiana ‘Sifula’ in cul va on.

Sifula is the name of the loca on of the popula on chosen to be named as a cul var.

Contents.
Membership renewal details and request for a translator ‐ Japanese to English……..…………………………………...2
Gasterhaworthia ba enkoel ‐ a new cul var. Ma hew Fischel, USA………………………………………………………….3‐5
The Succulent Liliaceae League of America and the Haworthia Review 1946 to 1948 USA…………………......6‐19
Flora Capensis ………...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…10
Copy of page 50 only. The Succulent Liliaceae League of America and the Haworthia Review 1946 to1948..11
A reply to Mr Uitewall page 64 …………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… ….12‐13
The Genus Haworthia. Book 2, Part 2 - Ingo Breuer. Page 155 & SA Map……………………………….14-15
Variety or Cultivar, that is the question…………………………………………………………………….….16
Copy of Genus Haworthia Book 1 page 13……………………………………………………………...…….17
Copy of page 13, “Some New Combinations in Haworthia, Haworthiopsis and Tulista” by Ingo Breuer….18
Back Issues of Alsterworthia International…………………………………………………………………….19
Some Hybrid Gasterias produced by Ernst van Jarrsveld…………………………………… ……..……19-28

Vol. 18. Issue 1, March 2018 ISSN1474‐4635

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 Gasterhaworthia battenkoel - a new cultivar
Matthew Fischel
6 Thornberry Lane
Hockessin, DE, 19707, U.S.A.
[email protected]

Parentage. Haworthia koelmaniorum x Gasteria Young , dichotomous plants

batesiana. I pollinated selected plants, raised the
seedlings and selected the best for cultivar status.
The Haworthia koelmaniorum mother plant has
narrow, somewhat lensed leaves and neatly fills a
5 inch pot. The Gasteria batesiana pollen plant is
a typical clone that clumps well and turns fiery
red under stress.
Name. Gasterhaworthia battenkoel was named
after the “Tour of the Battenkill,” a very rough
and challenging road cycling race in Upstate New
York. This was chosen because of the rugged
nature of the leaf surfaces of this hybrid and how
fittingly similar it is to the combination of parent
plant names.
Description: Description: Low, open rosette Gasterhaworthia battenkoel.
spreading to over 6 inches with somewhat keeled Mature, rosette plant.
leaves. Seedlings initially grow linearly and then
slowly begin spiralling. Leaves are dark green,
gradually tapered from the broad base to a minute
spine tip. Plants are well covered with small, pale
tubercles, which are finer on the underside of
leaves. A faint, midline channel, is present on the

Reverse side of abattenkoel.

Gasterhaworthia mature leafReverse
showingside
marginal
of a teeth, tubercles &
keel. leaf tip showing marginal teeth,
mature
tubercles & keel.

upper surface of some leaves. It can be seen

from the photographs that the dark green of
the leaves becomes more pronounced with
strong sun. Senescing leaves become red and
then gradually fade to white. This cultivar can
change from deep green to red-purple in
response to seasonal variations in temperature
and light. Roots resemble Gasteria batesiana
and are light yellow. Flowers have yet to be
observed, but are expected to develop in the
coming year.
Propagation. Cuttings root easily from any
part of the leaves, so it is not necessary to
have tissue from the leaf-stem junction to

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 Gasterhaworthia battenkoel
Reverse side of a mature, recurved leaf showing marginal teeth & tubercles.

produce roots. It is not known whether these

hybrids are fertile. The seedling are shown
at 10 months old. Seed was sown May 21st
2015, so current photographs show plants at
30 months.
Right. Upper surface of the adult plant
showing emergent dark green leaves with
tubercles and toothed (serrate) leaf edges.
Below. The leaves below show the gradual
change in colour with (mild) sunlight and
the final change in colour of a basal leaf in
decline. During this stage nutrient are
withdrawn and recycled.

Gasterhaworthia battenkoel. A complete plant.

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 Gasterhaworthia battenkoel - stages of development.
Above bottom right. Young dichotomous leaves.
Above bottom left. Plant developing into an adult rosette.
Above top right. Adult plant showing signs of exposure to sun with the oldest leaf (red) showing old age and decline.
Top left. An adult plant which has had exposure to more sun than that at top right.
Below. Adult plant exposed to limited sun.

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 The Succulent Liliaceae League of America
and the Haworthia Review 1946 to 1948
The “Succulent Liliaceae League of America and the Compare all that with current day preparation of
Haworthia Review” was set up to meet the needs of articles and printing. Computer produced articles are
members of general societies (Cacti and Other simply typed with colour photographs, maps etc being
Succulents) who felt that their interests, Aloe, added to the text on demand by the computer. Spelling
Haworthia etc, were not being given enough attention. is checked automatically and then all is saved on a
At that time there were no low priced, comprehensive storage device by the computer. To print, it is only
books with colour illustrations available but there was necessary to click “Print” for the computer to transfer
limited, scattered information in libraries, journals etc. the file to the printer for printing in full colour and on
many printers, but not all, to store the print file on the
At that time, travel and exploration was possible, but
printer for future usage.
not so comfortable as at present, and new species were
frequently found and reported. There was a flow of new Myron Kimnach, Jay Dodson, Bill Hague and Paul
plants, without the present day formidable restrictions, Hutchison were among those who were responsible for
which were later put into operation to protect plants in initiating the Succulent Liliaceae League of America
habitat. and the Haworthia Review. Alas, most, if not all, except
Myron Kimnach, are now deceased but they live on in
The Succulent Liliaceae League of America and the
the pages of the journal they created.
Haworthia Review was set up by a small group of
U.S.A. enthusiasts intent on assembling information for This reprint of the “Succulent Liliaceae League of
public usage. They started with no resources but a lot of America and the Haworthia Review” was computer
enthusiasm. Some, in later years, set up the International produced and printed so its appearance is more
Succulent Institute (ISI) which made low priced plant attractive than that of the original, otherwise contents
available in variety. Later, as the operatives became are the same. Locating an original copy of Succulent
older and had more to do, the ISI was transferred to the Liliaceae League of America and the Haworthia Review
Huntington Botanical Gardens as the “International may well boarder on the impossible. The last time the
Succulent Introductions (ISI)” which continues to this editor saw a copy for sale was decades ago and the price
day. was £20.00. As the pound has decreased in value since
then, a second hand copy, if available, could demand a
Resources for journal production as known today just
much higher price today. This superior reprint provides
did not exist in those days. To print a journal in small
you with the same information as in the original and it
quantities a stencil (special paper) had to be cut on a
costs only £5.00 + postage. Orders should be sent to
typewriter. Letters, etc were individually cut by
[email protected]
typewriter keys, in appropriate order, which cut the
stencil with the individual outlines required for each The Haworthia Review gives a remarkable view of
letter, word, number etc for the text of articles to be the situation at that time when the concept of a species
produced. There were no spell checkers. Mistakes had to was very much concentrated on differences. If a wild plant
be located by sight and corrected by hand using stencil looked different in some respects it was a different species
correction fluid. This could be a messy process and notwithstanding that it may also have some features in
might even involve retyping. common with others. Furthermore, publications on the
subject in English available to hobbyists were noticeable
When the stencils had been cut they were put on ink
by their absence. The Haworthia Review started to remedy
rollers which, when turned, often by hand, left imprints
this. It contained articles from Desert Plant Life,
of the letters etc cut in the stencil on the paper to be
Transactions of the Linnean Society, Synopsis Plantarum
used for the article. Ink passed through the spaces cut in
Succulentarum, Flora Kapensis, Journal of South African
the stencil to produce a replica of the letters, numbers
Botany, Prof. Flaio Resende, Karl von Poellnitz and more
etc cut in the stencil by the typewriter. Thus, journal
such as lists of species and plant descriptions but you can
pages were created. Photographs, usually black an
immerse your self in “The Succulent Liliaceae League of
white, were then pasted in. There was no storage system
America and the Haworthia Review 1946 to 1948” to
for the stencils & photos to be saved and stored
appreciate the developments of that period.
indefinitely for future usage. (A stencil could be used
more than once, but its life was short.) Of course, nothing ever is, and nothing ever was, without

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some controversy - see ‘A reply to Mt Uitwell by G.G. Alsterworthia
Smith’ on pages 12-13 of this journal’. International. For the
present, suffice it to say
Now, to move on. As times progressed, researchers took
that he published several
an interest and carried out mammoth surveys of haworthias
books comprising all the
in habitat over many decades. In 1984 Charles L. Scott ,
information and
South Africa, published “The Genus Haworthia - A
photographs he
Taxonomic Revision”. This was based on field work and
accumulated from the
updated the species. It is worth reading if you can find a
start to the then current
copy. Essentially, it records progress to date of publication
date for public consumption.
but species are largely classified as being plants different
It was a world library in
from others by some visual factor. Charles L. Sco
one place. This had never
The next significant publication was “Haworthia been done before.
Revisited - a Revision of the Genus” by Bruce Bayer
Ingo Breuer made many
published 1999. This was some 15 years after Scott’s
visit to South Africa to
important work, during which time Bayer had done much
collect in fo r ma tio n
field work. This reinforced his view that species were
about plants in habitat.
groups of related populations which showed common
He was assist by a wide
features but also some different features. However, his
range of con-tacts. His
classification still complied with the International Code of
field experience, the large
Botanical Nomenclature.
collection of documented
Following the publication of “Haworthia Revisited - a plants he accum-ulated &
Revision of the Genus”, Bayer continue his field research studied, his literature
almost right up to the present. He published his results research etc all made
from time to time in Haworthia Updates 1 to 11 (2-11 substantial contributions to
published by Alsterworthia International). Each update his preliminary concept of
revealed more habitat detail and plants illustrated with the genus haworthia
large colour photographs. All this added justification to his (Haworthia book 1) to be
view of species covering large areas with some features in revised when further
common and some with varying variability. From a material became available.
scientific point of view he had a strong case but He disagreed with both
unfortunately his naming system did not comply with the Bayer’s and Hayashi’s
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, so the species concepts. He
Scientific Community did not recognise his species. continues, as they did, to
Whilst all this was going on, Ingo Breuer, Germany, was divides Haworthia into
making a very serious study of the Genus Haworthia. He three Subgenera,
started at the beginning - by doing a thorough search of Subgenera into sections
scattered literature deposited in many different places in and sections into species
several countries. This will be covered in the next issue of but introduced a new

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 concept combination and new synonyms”. See Alsterworthia
“Aggregates” International Volume 12, Issue 1 March 2012, One
which are made example will illustrate the nature and extent of the
up of species “rationalisation”. Haworthia mirabilis now includes 17
and are similar other species which, before, had been species in their own
to Bayer’s right, but are now regarded as varieties of the super species
Super Species. e.g. Haworthia badia became Haworthia mirabilis v.
All plants are badia; Haworthia magnifica became Haworthia mirabilis
illustrated in v. magnifica and so on. This prepared the way for the
colour and have revision required by the DNA study.
location maps
The new evolutionary classification of the alooids was
and discussion.
published by Manning, Boatwright and Daru, South Africa
He then
in Alsterworthia International, Volume 14, Issue 2, July
published on
2014, under the title “Aloe & goodby”. Haworthia was
1/8/11 “The
divided into three genera: Haworthia, Tulista &
Genus
Haworthiopsis. The species in “A Rationalisation of
Haworthia
Names in Haworthia. A list of species with new
Book 2 in three
combination and new synonyms” (above) formed the basis
parts, total pages 188” In brief, Book 2 brought Book 1 up
for the new species and varieties based on DNA studies.
-to-date and used larger photos than Book, 1.
Dr Hayashi, Japan, who has been studying and
Whilst all this was going on DNA studies were being
classifying haworthias for many years has expressed
carried out in South Africa, which helped to throw more
reservations about this revised classification. Please see
light on the evolution of haworthias and related genera.
“Alooideae Classification” by Dr. M. Hayashi in
The time had come for a new classification to be
Alsterworthia International Vol. 14, issue 3 (Nov. 2014).
published. New classifications are simply revisions of old
updated in the light of the discovery of new information. Ingo Breuer accepted the three new genera but he takes
So what classification was to be modified by the new a more liberal view of the number of species in each genus.
information? Species names used in Bayer’s Updates (2 to He includes more species in the genera than Manning,
11 in particular) did not comply with the International Boatwright and Daru but many less than are included by
Code of Botanical Nomenclature, consequently an up-to- Dr Hayashi, who still includes them all in the Genus
date classification had to be devised which did. This was Haworthia.
done by Bayer and Manning (South African National Following on from the DNA classification, it became
Biodiversity Institute) who produced “A Rationalisation of necessary for Ingo Breuer to publish a new classification,
Names in Haworthia. A list of species with new “Some New Combinations in Haworthia, Haworthiopsis

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and Tulista” published in Alsterworthia Volume 16. Issue to be given cultivar status instead of a variety name. Very
2. July issue 2016, distributed 25 June 2016. See page 18 few botanist make use of this provision. One exception is
of this publication for an example. It may be purchased Ernst Van Jarrsveld. See Alst. Int. Vol. 2008, Issue 3 for
from Ingo Breuer (15.00€) or Harry Mays (£13.00) Gasteria populations being made cultivars.
(Alsterworthia International subscribing members in 2016
It is interesting to compare the situation as it existed in
will have had the copy free.)
1946-1948 with the present day. If you would like to do
So far Ingo Breuer is the only one to have published the this please see “Aloe and Goodbye: A new evolutionary
names of the species he accepts for the genera Haworthia, classification of the Alooids” by Manning, Boatwright &
Tulista and Haworthiopsis and illustrated each in colour. Daru, all professionals, (South African National
Biodiversity Institute) in Alsterworthia International Vol.
Two different classifications are likely to continue side
14, Issue 2 (July), 2014. This is based on the observation
by side. Nurseries and collectors have one thing in
diligently pursued by Bruce Bayer that species are
common, they want names to identify and mean the same
variable over space whereas in the past plants were
to everyone so that they can trade in confidence.
regarded as species if they differed in some respect from
Differences mean more species. When one or more
others but were similar to them in some.
populations of plants have ceased to develop they have
become stable and are a species no matter how many In comparison see “Some New Combinations in
populations they have. Haworthia, Haworthiopsis and Tulista” by Ingo Breuer,
Alsterworthia International Vol. 16, Issue 2 (July) 2016.
For scientist, populations spread over space with some
Ingo Breuer is a serious researcher of haworthia literature
features in common including DNA, and some different as
and avidly studies haworthias in habitat and in cultivation -
they are still evolving. Only one super species name is all
he also follows the ICN when naming plants. Whilst he is
that is required. This is quite common in haworthias. This
appreciative of the current broad species concept of
may be fine for scientists but not of much help for buyers
present day scientists for scientific work, he also recognises
and sellers of plants who want names to identify different
the need for a more liberal classification for nurseries and
plants.
hobbyists, which restricts names to identify plants. This is
The International Code of Nomenclature for cultivated the current classification for the narrow species concept
plants (I.C.N.C.P) makes provision for cultivar names to be which allows plant names to identify plants, making it
linked to appropriate genera/species names which comply possible for a name to mean the same for nurseries and
with the International Code of Nomenclature for plants etc purchasers.
(I.C.N.).
The I.C.N.C.P. provides for a wild plant to be given
cultivar status if it exhibit a feature(s) not found in the rest.
Such a plant can be given a cultivar name attached to the
correct genus/species name.
A population of plants having features which enable
them to be included in a genus, may also have an additional
feature(s) which enable them to be separated from that
genus. In the early days, it was customary to give these
plants separate species status, then later varietal status. A
growing number now want to classify them all as one
variable species but, for the time being at least, published
classifications regard them as varieties of the appropriate
species. This may also give some satisfaction to sellers and
buyers because varietal names distinguish plants in that
variety from others in the rest of the species. However, for
some there are still not enough species names to ensure that
a name clearly defines a plant for both sellers and buyers.
The ICNCP makes provision for a population of plants
with a feature(s) not found in the rest of the genus/species

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 Variety or Cultivar, that is the question!
Van Jaarsveld seems to be the one scientist who van Jaarsveld in Aloe 44.4. The revised list of species
recognised the importance of the ICN... and the was published with some colour photographs in
ICNCP for classifying wild plants. Van Jaarsveld’s Alsterworthia International Volume 8, Issue 3 (2008).
book, “Revision of gasterias” was published in The number of species was raised to 23 and as well as
listing species, subspecies and varieties it also listed
1994. It listed species and varieties in the body of
their cultivars with their locations.
the text and the index but not the cultivars.
Cultivars were listed separately, normally after the Comparing van Jaarsveld’s Gasteria classification with
paragraph for each species titled “Diagnostic that of Bayer’s and Manning’s for Haworthia (A
features and variations”. Rationalisation of Names in Haworthia. A list of species
with new combination and new synonyms), see
“Taxonomic implications of genome size for all Alsterworthia International Volume 12, Issue 1 March
species of the genus Gasteria” Duval (Aloaceae) by 2012) extract below, it can be seen that the main
B. J. M. Zonneveld and E. J. van Jaarsveld was difference is that wild plants are classified under the
published with permission in Alsterworthia ICN… for haworthias with no mention of cultivars
International, 2008, Issue 3. This listed only species and whereas for gasterias both the ICN.. and the ICNCP are
varieties, no cultivars (not surprising for a scientific used for wild plants
paper). However, further taxonomic work was paving
the way for a further revision which was published by

H. marumiana Uitew. in Cact.Vetp. 6: 33 (1940). Type: Gasteria disticha (L.)Haw.

Cape, Ladismith, ex hort. Stellenbosch sub 6610 (AMD). Gasteria disticha var. disticha.
= H. borealis M.Hayashi in Haworthia Study 15: 14 Acaulescent with distichous leaves, 60-120 x 30-45
(2006), syn. nov. H. marmorata M.Hayashi in Haworthia mm, often undulating and with a wrinkled margin.
Study 15: 14 (2006), syn. nov. H. tarkasia M.Hayashi in Surface mat minutely asperulous (G. brachyphylla
Haworthia Study 15: 14 (2006), syn. nov. *H. euchlora leaves smooth). Cultivate in dappled shade and in a
H. marumiana var. marumiana sandy soil.
H. marumiana var. archeri (W.F.Barker ex Bayer) Gasteria disticha var. disticha ‘Nuy’.
Bayer in Haw. Revis.: 104 (1999): H. archeri W.F.Barker Undulating lorate leaves, flowers from Aug. to Sep-
ex Bayer (1981). Type: Whitehill, Archer s.n. NBG tember.
68145 (NBG). *H. chibita *H. frazeri *H. nudata Gasteria disticha var. disticha ‘Pieter Meintjies’.
H. marumiana var. batesiana (Uitew.) Bayer in Haw. This cultivar has shiny flowers. Source of plants
Revis.: 105 (1999): H. batesiana Uitew. (1948). Type: Pieter Meintjies, west of Matroosfontein.
Graaff-Reinet, Ferguson (AMD). Gasteria disticha var. langebergensis Van
H. marumiana var. dimorpha (Bayer) Bayer in Haw. Jaarsveld.
Revis.: 106 (1999): H. archeri var. dimorpha Bayer Leaves small, 30-50 x 10-12 mm, margins denticulate.
(1981): H. dimorpha (Bayer) M.Hayshi (2000). Type: Endemic to the dolomite region of Langvlei quarry
Constable Station, W Laingsburg, Hall sub Smith 7418 between Worcester and Robertson on the lower
(NBG). Langeberg.
H. marumiana var. reddii (Scott) Bayer, comb. nov.: H. Gasteria disticha var. robusta Van Jaarsveld.
cymbiformis var. reddii (Scott) Bayer (1999): H. reddii Leaves firm, short, robust, 55-100 x 45-65 mm. Flow-
Scott in Cact. Succ. J. (US) 66:182 (1994). Type: ers midsummer. Plants occur in the mostly summer
Cathcart, Waterdown Dam, Scott 8968 (PRE). *H. bo- rainfall region of the Beaufort West region. This plant
loensis *H. fatreddii was apparently published in “Gasterias of South Afri-
H. marumiana var. viridis Bayer in Haw. Revis.: 107 ca” as Gasteria disticha var. disticha ‘Beaufort West’,
(1999). Type: S Prince Albert, Bayer 3620 (NBG). *H. a now superfluous name.
viridis

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 Haworthia zantneriana Haworthia zantneriana Haworthia araneav
var. minor. JDV85‐26 var. zantneriana. IB6574 var. candida GM415

2. Genus Haworthiopsis.
Photographs of each species in alphabe cal order.

Haworthiopsis a enuata Haworthiopsis a enuata Haworthiopsis a enuata Haworthiopsis bruynsii

IB7199 var. glabrata PV4400 var. radula GM415 IB5908

Haworthiopsis fasciata Haworthiopsis fasciata Haworthiopsis glauca Haworthiopsis glauca

DMC8556 var. browniana ISI1664 IB8526 var. herrei ISI1568

Haworthiopsis granulata Haworthiopsis granulata Haworthiopsis koelmaniorum Haworthiopsis koelmaniorum

IB531 var. schoemanii. MH0309 IB876 var. mcmurtryi IB6664

Copy of one page in “Some new combinations in Haworthia. Haworthiopsis. Tulista” by Ingo Breuer
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 Some Hybrid Gasterias produced by Ernst van Jarrsveld.
Glasshouse experience suggests that gasterias person who sent it to me.) with a selec on of the best
hybridise readily. If you have a collec on of flowering cul vars, which are illustrated on the following pages,
gasterias and do not bother to remove or collect the with the colour photographs I received. Each is
seed, the chances are that seedlings will appear in accompanied by the names of the parents and the
subsequent years and that you will be tempted to cul var name allocated to it, though a few do not have
grow them on, only to find that many are a cul var name and one, Gasteria batesiana ‘Black
disappoin ng, though occasionally you may find a Beauty’ seems to be a selec on of a wild plant.
specimen that is superior to its (unknown) parents. It seems that most gasteria crosses lack
Some years ago, Ernst van Jarrsveld crossed significant improvements in colour or shape of leaves
many gasterias, produced many seedlings and grew on which do not jus fy them being given a cul var name.
selected ones . Many proved not to be improvements If you disagree please do not hesitate to send the
on known parent species but a few were selected for Editor ([email protected]) colour
cul var status and given cul var names, which were photographs of you achievements and details of your
o en the names of people. gasteria cul vars.
I was sent a disc (I regret I have no record of the

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 Gasteria rawlinsonii x Gasteria liliputana
(now Gasteria bicolour var. liliputana)
‘Kotie Retief’.

Gasteria liliputana (now Gasteria bicolour var. liliputana) x Gasteria rawlinsonii ‘Alex Fick’

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Gasteria glomerata x Gasteria baylissiana ‘Francois Steffens’

Gasteria glomerata x Gasteria pulchra ‘Paul Brink’

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 Gasteria armstrongii x Gasteria ellaphieae
‘Vicky Thompson’

Gasteria batesiana var. dolomitica x Gasteria batesiana

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 Gasteria elephina x Gasteria
batsiana ‘Lisa Stranch

Gasteria excels ‘Cala’ x Gasteria carinata

var. glabra ‘Jeanette Loedolff’

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 Gasteria glomerata x Gasteria rawlinsonii ‘Shaun’.

Gasteria glauca x Gasteria armstrongii

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Gasteria glauca x Gasteria batesiana ‘Louia’

Gasteria glomerata x Gasteria batesiana var. dolomitica

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Gasteria glomerata x Gasteria doreeniae
‘Albert’

Gasteria rawlinsonii x Gasateria bicolor

’Henk’

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Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa x Gasteria baylissiana ‘Lime light’

Gasteria batesiana ‘Black Beauty’

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Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa x Gasteria baylissiana ‘Lime light’

DFCS2511. No other details available. Presumably a discarded cul var?

See also Gasteria glomerata x Gasteria pulchra ‘Paul Brink’ page 21.

Gasteria batesiana ‘Black Beauty’

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