Gasteria

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Gasteria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Gasteria (Greek, gaster, belly; referring to the usually swollen base of the flowers). Liliaceae, tribe, Aloineae. Mostly acaulescent and small succulents of similar decorative uses and treatment as Aloe. Leaves usually elongated, crowded in rosettes or on short sts., usually 2-ranked: fls. with a red or rosy typically ventricose curved tube and short equal sub-erect greenish segms. about as long as the stamens and pistil. 8. Afr. Species 43. Monog. Dy Berger in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, hft. 33 (1908). G. brenifolia. Haw. Lvs. 3-4 in. long, Ungulate, close together: fls. red, about 1 in. long. Afr.—G. huttoniae, N. E. Br. Lvs. in a loose rosette, 10-18 in. long, broad at base, narrowed above, obliquely keeled: fls. pendulous, nearly 1 in. long, rose with green- keeled lobes. S. Afr.—G. obtunfolia. Haw. Lvs. thinner than in G. sulcata and shorter than in G. lingua. William Trelease. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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