Haworthia retusa

Description

Haworthia retusa is a well known succulent with shiny, green star-shaped rosettes which was introduced into cultivation at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The top surface of its leaves is smooth, with nearly translucent “windows” and veining, giving a very odd look to the plant. In its native habitat it is often buried in the ground up to the leaf part with the window. Most retusas in the field are not prolific and stay solitary or form few branched groups. The opposite is true of the nursery bench, where most plants offered as “retusa” sucker freely and have the ability to form huge clumps. Produces 20 to 30 tiny, short-lived, small, inconspicuous white flowers with greenish-brown veins, and not especially attractive. Blooms in late spring to summer. Flower fairly readily (indoors too), once they’re a certain age, and may even flower more than once in the same year.

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