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Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana
... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2002 Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana proliferates from the base ... seeds 2-3 mm in diameter, with a wing for wind dispersal. Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana is a rare endemic of ... in winter. Rainfall is variable, even in summer, and this gasteria is able to survive periods of drought. Eastern Cape ...
Gasteria polita
... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2003 Gasteria polita plants are small, solitary, stemless rosettes ... x 7 mm, and the seeds it produces are black, 3-4 x 2-3 mm. Gasteria polita is the only gasteria solely confined to afro-temperate forest habitat and ...
Gasteria croucheri
... 2004 Conservation information updated September 2016 Gasteria croucheri is a solitary or cluster-forming plant, up ... mm long. Flowering time is from late spring to summer. Gasteria croucheri has a wide distribution from the Mzimvubu ... but with the occasional cold fronts and ample winter rain. Gasteria croucheri , like all the other gasterias, has ...
Gasteria acinacifolia
... are 6-8 x 5-6 mm. Flowering time: September to December. Gasteria acinacifolia is one of 21 recognized Gasteria species, all endemic to South Africa and is ... and the fragmented parts simply re-sprout. It resembles Gasteria pulchra which has much smaller leaves and an erect ...
Gasteria batesiana
... seed 4-6 mm x 2-3 mm. Flowering time: October to December Gasteria batesiana has the most northerly distribution in the ... the cultivar name 'Mzimduzi'. The most attractive form of Gasteria batesiana originates from Barberton in Mpumalanga, ... yet been re-located. However it lives on in cultivation. Gasteria batesiana var. dolomitica has also fairly recently ...
Gasteria glomerata
... 2-3 x 1.5-2.0 mm. Flowering time: spring. The terrain of Gasteria glomerata is rugged, (Fig. 135), inhospitable and ... dryness. Diagnostic features and variation: Superficially Gasteria glomerata resembles G. baylissiana which has rough, ... rosettes and pointed leaves flowering during early summer. Gasteria glomerata is pollinated by sunbirds. Its fruiting ...
Gasteria pillansii
... Jaarsveld Kirstenboch National Botanical Garden May 2005 Gasteria pillansii is stemless, 50-200 X 60-400 mm, ... seeds are 4-5 x 2.5 mm. Flowering time: November to April. Gasteria pillansii is endemic to the dry winter rainfall ... hirsuta . There is a marked vegetative resemblance to Gasteria disticha of the southern Great Karoo and Breede ...
Gasteria tukhelensis
... Jaarsveld Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2007 Gasteria tukhelensis is a more or less stemless succulent, up ... black, 5-7 mm long and 2-3 mm broad seeds are released. Gasteria species occur more or less in a continuous belt ... in the dry Tugela River region. With the discovery of Gasteria tukhelensis this gap was filled. This species ...
Gasteria rawlinsonii
... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2009 This Gasteria is a long-lived, drooping succulent shrub with long ... capsule is 18 mm long and the black seeds are 3-4 mm wide. Gasteria rawlinsonii is restricted to the Baviaanskloof and ... of the Albany Thicket Biome (Mucina & Rutherford 2006). Gasteria rawlinsonii shares its habitat with other ...
Gasteria glauca
... The flattish seeds are blackish, 3 mm long and 2 mm wide. Gasteria glauca differs from other species of the genus by ... dweller from the Kouga Dam area and further to the east. Gasteria glauca is restricted to the Kouga River region. It ... 11°C. Winters are cooler but frost is rare or absent. Gasteria glauca grows at an altitude of more or less 400-800 ...
Gasteria vlokii
... 6 mm in diameter. Seeds 3-5 mm long and 2 mm wide, black. Gasteria vlokii is related to G. ellaphieae from the Kouga ... 23-27 mm long. Flowering time: January to February. Gasteria vlokii is known only from a few localities: the top ... semi-arid habitat. The tubular flowers are nectar-rich and Gasteria vlokii is pollinated by sunbirds during its ...
Gasteria doreeniae
... capsule is 18 mm long, the seeds 3-4×2-3 mm, black. Gasteria doreeniae is one of 7 Gasteria species growing on cliffs. It is related to G. ... is about 24°C and the average daily minimum about 11°C. Gasteria doreeniae grows at an altitude of 350-500 m and ...
Gasteria ellaphieae
... long, black, flattish. Flowering period: January-February. Gasteria ellaphieae is related to G. nitida which is a much ... leaves it sometimes superficially resembles a Haworthia. Gasteria ellaphieae grows in a succulent-rich community often ... is about 23°C and the average daily minimum about 10°C. Gasteria ellaphieae grows at an altitude of about 450-700 m. ...
Gasteria armstrongii
... flattish. Flowering period: January-February (midsummer). Gasteria armstrongii is related to G. nitida which is a much ... a true stone plant resembling its pebbly background. Gasteria armstrongii grows in a fynbos community known as ... is about 22°C and the average daily minimum about 12°C. Gasteria armstrongii grows on pebbly soil, merging with the ...
Gasteria pulchra
... Hemisphere) but with a peak in spring (September-October). Gasteria pulchra is related to G. nitida which is a smaller ... grassland plant with much shorter triangular leaves. Gasteria pulchra is quite common in the Hankey and Patensie ... in the northwest, to Hankey in the southeast. Gasteria pulchra is mainly confined to Gamtoos Thicket which ...
Gasteria carinata
... hemisphere) but with a peak in spring (September-October). Gasteria carinata is related to G. nitida which has bright ... is open, up to 1 m tall, interspersed with taller shrubs. Gasteria carinata is very variable in leaf shape, colour and ... remain opposite and have a densely tuberculate surface. Gasteria carinata proliferates from stolons from the base of ...
Gasteria excelsa
... period: Summer (November-February, Southern Hemisphere). Gasteria excelsa is related to G. nitida which is a smaller ... with much shorter leaves and bright orange-pink flowers. Gasteria excelsa is widely distributed in the Eastern Cape, ... perfoliata, Sarcostemma viminale and Haemanthus albiflos . Gasteria excelsa is pollinated by sunbirds. The succulent ...
Gasteria disticha
... Flowering period: July-February, but mainly in September. Gasteria disticha is closely related to G. brachyphylla which ... Valley Karoo Bioregion) in Succulent Karoo vegetation. Gasteria disticha var. langebergensis is immediately ... former Curator of the Karoo National Botanical Garden. Gasteria disticha var. langebergensis in its natural ...
Gasteria brachyphylla
... and the flattish black seeds 3-4 mm long, 2-3 mm wide. Gasteria brachyphylla is closely related to G. disticha which ... immediately recognized by its smooth often shiny texture. Gasteria brachyphylla is an attractive medium-sized Gasteria species. Two varieties of Gasteria brachyphylla are ...
Gasteria baylissiana
... long and the seeds are oblong, 4 mm long, 3 mm wide. Most Gasteria species are confined to the Eastern Cape. Gasteria baylissiana is one of about 12 Gasteria species with a restricted distribution. It is found ...