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| Gasteria is an easy decorative succulent plant in the
water saving garden, endemic only to South Africa and closely related
to aloes in the sub-family Alooideae. Gasteria grow in the protection of
shrubs, trees or rocks in their habitat. They need partial shade in the garden and
grows easy in pots and containers indoor or outside. Gasteria species are not
as sensitive to being wet as aloes and many other succulent plants.
Propagation is easy done by putting a leaf, or a portion of a leaf into soil or
sand. The leaf should be kept dry to slightly damp. |
| There are 16 species in the genus Gasteria and many species
have variations. This short page is not for identification, but just an idea of
what some Gasteria sp. look like. The name gasteria refer to the flowers with the
round belly-shape(gasteriform). |
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Gasteria liliputana is in the center back and the succulent plants from
left to right are Haworthia integra. Aloe aristata and another Haworthia emilyae. |
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Gasteria glomerata is a dwarf species. The largest
plant on the photo was 7 cm long from the tip of the longest leaf on the
left side to the tip of the longest leaf on the right. |
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