Apicra pentagona

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Cultivation

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Read about Apicra pentagona in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Apicra pentagona, Willd. (Aide pentagona, Haw. Haworthia. pentagona, Haw.). Fig. 232. St. mostly solitary, erect, 6-12 in. high; about 4 in. diam., including Lvs.: Lvs. distinctly 5-ranked, broadly triangular-lanceolate, acute, biconvex, somewhat low-keeled, ¾ x 1½-2 in., green, slightly (sometimes granularly) white-dotted, the margin slightly granular: infl. 1½ ft. high, sometimes forked; fls. greenish, ⅜ in. long, twice as long as the pedicels. Cape. Jacq., Fragm. 111. B.M. 1338. Salm, Aloe §1. f. 4. Berger 40.—Varies into forms with Lvs. less obviously 5-ranked: large, in somewhat evident oblique ranks, var. Willdenfiwii, Baker (A. spiralis. Willd. Aloe spiralis, Haw. A. pentagona spiralis, Salm-Dyck), Salm, Aloe §1. f. 5; smaller, scarcely in distinct ranks, var. spirella, Baker (Aloe spirella, Sahn- Dyck. Haworthia spirella, Haw.), Salm, Aloe §1. f. 3. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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