🌱 Morphology
 An old hybrid Haworthia cultivar, vigorous and relatively slow-growing, which forms compact rosettes of thick, fleshy, triangular leaves. Its coloration varies from olive green and reddish-brown to dark chocolate brown, especially when it receives abundant light. The leaves feature rough surfaces with small raised bumps and partially truncated ends, where translucent zones appear, crossed by lighter lines. The combination of grainy texture, leaf windows, and warm tones is reminiscent of pieces of polished cocoa. It produces offsets easily and can form dense clusters, while keeping the size of each rosette relatively small.

🌍 Origin, habitat, and family
It is an old horticultural cultivar with hybrid ancestry attributed to the crossing of Haworthia ‘Seiko’ —H. truncata × H. retusa— with H. major. The original breeder or the genealogy could not be independently confirmed through primary documentation. As a cultivated hybrid, it does not have a wild locality or a natural habitat of its own.

Family Asphodelaceae · Tribe Alooideae · Genus Haworthia.

❄️ Temperature — USDA 10a
It is advisable to keep it above -1 °C and protect it from frost, especially when the substrate is damp.

☀️ Lighting
Abundant filtered light or bright partial shade. Gradual lighting can intensify the chocolate tones, but intense, sudden sun should be avoided, as it can burn the leaves. Indicative DLI PAR: 8–15 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Summer dormancy. It grows preferably during cool and mild seasons. It is recommended to water thoroughly and let the substrate dry out before watering again. During heatwaves, notably reduce water intake and maintain good ventilation, avoiding persistent moisture at the roots.

🌸 Flowering
It produces a thin, elongated inflorescence with small, whitish tubular flowers, crossed by greenish or brownish lines. Its ornamental interest lies mainly in the dark coloration, the leaf texture, and the ease with which it produces offsets.

🌿 Nutrition
During the active growth period, Desert CHOICE® Aloes, Haworthias & Co. is recommended, with a high content of potassium and bioavailable calcium. It is applied with watering, reducing or suspending fertilization during summer dormancy.

9x9 cm gourmet black pot

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a technological square pot and with substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.