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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 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 barbae
... ×1.5–2.0 mm. Flowering time: November (late spring). Gasteria barbae is confined to coastal cliffs between Robberg ... and species of Phylica . Its closest relative, the large Gasteria acinacifolia , with smooth adult leaves and a ... new species, and mostly associated with dune vegetation. Gasteria polita , another fynbos species, grows away from the ...
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 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 ...
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 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 camillae
... Flowering time is late spring to early summer. Fig. 2. Gasteria camillae in its native habitat on a sheer cliff in ... South Africa. Note the greyish green leaves and stems. Gasteria camillae is only known at present from 2 localities ... is semi-arid, however, in the protected kloofs where Gasteria camillae grows the rainfall is estimated at about ...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 koenii
... mm diam. Seeds blackish. Flowering time is in autumn. Gasteria koenii is only known from Smitsrivier Gorge, the ... herbacea (= H. translucens) and Portulacaria afra . Gasteria koenii belongs to section Gasteria , series Gasteria , which includes 8 species, ...
Gasteria langebergensis
... winter (June to July in the southern Hemisphere). Fig. 2 . Gasteria langebergensis in habitat at the Langvlei Quarry, north of Rooiberg. Gasteria langebergensis grows in the Breede River Valley, in ... G. langebergensis grows on shales of the Bokkeveld Group. Gasteria langebergensis grows in succulent-rich Robertson ...
Gasteria loedolffiae
... the yellow anthers just protruding at the floral mouth. Gasteria loedolffiae flowers in the summer months (January to ... Valley Bushveld (Mucina 2006). The nectar-rich flowers of Gasteria loedolffiae are regularly visited and pollinated by ... The leaves of G. loedolffiae are brittle as with most Gasteria species, and when becoming detached, soon root, ...
Gasteria nitida
... containing black seeds 3–4 mm long, 2 mm wide. Gasteria nitida is related to Gasteria excelsa from the Eastern Cape. The latter a much ... dense, large, many branched inflorescence up to 2 m tall. Gasteria nitida is widely distributed in the south-eastern ...