The Cactiguide Haworthia Thread

[C And D]

Technically, Haworthias would be called Winter Growers

BUT!!!
They really grow the most in the Spring, and some growth as well in the Fall, so they would be called mild weather growers if we had a name for that.

I grow them almost all year long, due to our constant mild weather in So. California.

During the summer, I keep them shaded and with full air circulation and water about every 7 days. If you have a super lean soil (>95% pumice) you will get zero root rot.
In the dead of Winter, I water them a little less, about every 10-16 days.

The best time to stop watering would be when the nights don't cool down below 75, or during constant cold.

[7george]

Nice pictures so far, lovely plants!

Some of my plants:


Haworthia cymbiformis


Haworthia herbacea


Haworthia nigra


Haworthia reinwardtii


Haworthia coarctata

For some reason I do not like much most of those low, flat and buried species. These above are doing well even I sometimes forget to water them for longer time, like my cacti.

[Aiko]

Retuse they are called. I quite like retuse Haworthias.

Your Haworthias look nice. But you cheat! Plants always look nicer when they are wet, like yours.

[7george]

Retuse they are called. I quite like retuse Haworthias.

Your Haworthias look nice. But you cheat! Plants always look nicer when they are wet, like yours.

Thanks, Aiko. Actually just the 1st one is little sprayed by an oily solution, kind of anti-bug preparation. For other pictures I just added more contrast and colour balance.

And the last thing to show you now - a box of Haworthia plants I gave away to the friends in our club about 3 years ago. All came from a guy who did not need it any more.

[KittieKAT]

Wow! What a lucky duck who ever got that box!! Wish i came across some stuff like that for the program, jealous!

[C And D]

That's a nice box of goodies!!
Plants grown so well must be hard to come by in Calgary.

But I'm still baffled about why someone wouldn't love retuse Haworthias, aren't they the most Precious of Gems!

[C And D]

Here are a couple more photos from 2013

Haworthia mirabilis v. badia

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Haworthia emelyae v. picta

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Haworthia magnifica v. atrofusca

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H. bayeri

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And here is my sad little Gleaming Hybrid that I killed last Summer, WHHAAAaaaa
I had such High hopes for it.

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I lost several Haworthias from what I guess is water not evaporating in the apex of the plant leading to rot of the core.

[HarryUpNorth]

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Nice photos, thanks to you all for sharing your Haworthias.

I decided to gather my clan for a group photo tonight so here you go. They even took a little shower for Aiko!

Craig and K.W. your truncatas are amazing! I didn't show those pics to mine because I didn't want them to have feelings of inadequacy. I think they still might be the biggest on MY block.

Good thread, let's see some more.
Harry

[Tiggy]

7 George - How lucky is that??? beautiful plants, all of them.
HarryUpNorth - you also have a really nice collection there. Do you have to keep them constantly in the greenhouse or protected ? (given your location).
Really need to sort out some of my pics. don't have loads like you guys, but there's still time to increase the stock..... My ADSL has been giving me problems for over three months now, so when I do get a connection, I have so much to catch up on that I just can't seem to find enough time to sort and post the photos that I want to. The telephone men came out today AGAIN! and apparantly they had been told to definitely sort out this fault today. We'll see

Susi

[HarryUpNorth]

"HarryUpNorth - you also have a really nice collection there. Do you have to keep them constantly in the greenhouse or protected ? (given your location?"

Thanks Tiggy, I like the Haworthias a lot and might try a few more. I seem to lose them over the years either due to improper watering or mites of some sort. I want to add to my collection and keep trying to learn from my mistakes.

My cacti and other succulents are usually grown inside my house all year but some years I take many of them outside for about 3 months during June, July and August and they do very well if I don't let the sun burn them in the beginning. They love really love it and color up nicely. Sometimes it's a little too rainy in August so they need overhead protection.

Good luck with your internet connection, how frustrating that can be!
Harry

[C And D]

Well, I have some free time to post more photos
These are 2014

New Species!

Haworthia breueri
Here are all 3 lined up, they all look like a different species

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The center one is what a normal one looks like

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The one on the left is amazingly sweet with those spicules, and good for hybridizing

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Haworthia splendens esterhuizenii
I'm not sure why I cut off the top

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Haworthia jadea

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Haworthia fusca

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Haworthia enigma v. enigma

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[Aiko]

I like retuse Haworthias. But they are as mystic as Lithops when it comes to species naming.

I can only name a few species. outside those few all other dozens of species of Haworthia and Lithops all look alike in my eyes. So of all genera of succulent plants I grow, these two genera are the only ones where I don't care about the species name at all. I just don't bother (or even care...). If you would have said that Haworthia fusca would be Haworthia splendens, I would have believed you (or at least would not have contradicted you). And then there are the hybrid names... Oh dear.

[CactusLover]

Technically, Haworthias would be called Winter Growers

BUT!!!
They really grow the most in the Spring, and some growth as well in the Fall, so they would be called mild weather growers if we had a name for that.

I grow them almost all year long, due to our constant mild weather in So. California.

During the summer, I keep them shaded and with full air circulation and water about every 7 days. If you have a super lean soil (>95% pumice) you will get zero root rot.
In the dead of Winter, I water them a little less, about every 10-16 days.

The best time to stop watering would be when the nights don't cool down below 75, or during constant cold.

Thank you for the information. I've noticed that they tend to grow pretty much year round.

Great plants, everybody! I think I need to grow more Haworthias.

[cactusgrower313]

This haworthia venusima tessalata has survived -4 degrees ferenheit! As the aloe in same pot died. I may plant some this year outside and see how they go with ofcourse over head protection with styrofoam cones.

[KittieKAT]

Lucky u cactusgrower313 ! I bet if it was one of mine it would have curled up and died lol