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11 years ago

I was given these babies today but the giver doesn't know what they are. She says they were pig in the garden all winter and did just fine. Please tell us what we have. Thanks, Min

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andy_e

11 years ago

It's a Gasteria, not sure which one.

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Min3 South S.F. Bay CA
Original Author
11 years ago
Sorry- here they are:
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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
11 years ago
I see more than 10 with all those offshoots. They look healthy.
Neil
11 years ago
Gasteria "little warty." I have a bunch.
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
11 years ago
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Neil, are you sure it's 'Little warty?' It appears to have smooth leaves, while warty has rough-bumpy leaves:
"with raised pale silvery-green or pale olive-green stripes and edge with lots of pearly tubercles (warts) in the upper and under sides"

click here to read more

Here is photo of one I have:

Rina
Neil
11 years ago
Rina- I can only go by the label!!! lol. give me a moment and i'll snap a pic of mine.
Neil
11 years ago
Rina- Okay, here's the pic of my Gasteria L.W. pic is not great, it's still dark outside 5:15am here.
Neil
11 years ago
Rina- Min3' and Mine look very similar. Yours looks a lot different from both of ours. You know i'm no expert *gulp. Yours looks better than mine though.
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
11 years ago
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Neil, not better - just different. See the link I provided. I am not expert either, on any succulents, just go by what I see (and I am often wrong too).

Here is another I have - completely smooth leaves:

Rina
Neil
11 years ago
oh wow, that is a beauty. I need to have one just like it. I always seem to want other people's plants! I gotta go I've been up waiting for my cactus to bloom...so tired. Have a great one!
Min3 South S.F. Bay CA
Original Author
11 years ago
Rina- your 'another one' looks a lot more like mine. Very smooth. Do you have the name? I found a website with photos and it is so hard to tell some of them apart! Thanks for trying you guys.
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
11 years ago
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Min
Sorry, I don't have name for it. I tried to ID it without success - many I see in photos are similar but I am not sure, mine is maybe g. maculata?. The leaves on mine are quite narrow, longer and floppy, and softer than many other gasterias. Try here:

click here for gasterias
Min3 South S.F. Bay CA thanked rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
ehuns27 7a PA
11 years ago
Rina, you are right, it is not 'Little Warty', which is a Gasteraloe, I believe. I have that one as well but this one requesting an ID as well as mine to follow is Gasteria prolifera 'Polished Ox Tongue'.

-Erica
ehuns27 7a PA
11 years ago
Mine got a little etiolated over the winter and now it's sun-burnt. Can't win with this guy.

-Erica
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
11 years ago
Erica
OP's gasteria does look more like yours.
Sorry if I didn't make it clear, I was suggesting that mine could be maculata (I changed wording in my previous post), but I really am not sure. It has many more dark leaves now too.
They are nice plants.
Rina
ehuns27 7a PA
11 years ago
There are so many different varieties of Gasteria and Gasteraloe! Hard to tell them apart sometimes.

-Erica