🌱 Morphology
   Collector's cultivar belonging to the group of Haworthias with leaf windows. It forms rosettes of fleshy, broad, and triangular leaves, with translucent terminal surfaces crossed by thick, sharp, and beautiful green lines, which contrast with the lighter tissue of the windows. The pattern can form an irregular grid, with longitudinal and transverse lines reminiscent of a botanical stained glass window. The compact arrangement of the leaves highlights the contrast between the green areas and the transparent surfaces. This piece has a rosette 13 cm in diameter.

🌍 Origin, habitat and family
It is a horticultural selection marketed in Japan. Cactus Nishi documents the designation 'Ryokuju A', within its group of hybrids of Haworthia comptoniana, but does not publish a specific parental formula. Therefore, an exact genealogy should not be assigned without additional documentation. The reference species, H. comptoniana, comes from the district of Willowmore, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, where it grows on quartz outcrops and stony soils. The cultivar has no native wild locality.

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 wet.

☀️ Lighting
Abundant filtered light or bright partial shade. Avoid sudden intense sun, which can cause burns and alter leaf transparency. DLI PAR guideline: 8–15 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Summer dormancy. During the cool seasons, water thoroughly and let the substrate dry before watering again. In summer, reduce watering during extreme heat and maintain good ventilation.

🌸 Flowering
It can produce a fine and elongated inflorescence with small whitish tubular flowers, marked by greenish or brown lines. Its main ornamental interest lies in the leaf windows and their well-defined green lines.

🌿 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.

Gourmet black pot 12x12 cm

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

* Since this is an online purchase, the appearance of the sent specimen may vary slightly from the product image. The photo description specifies the measurements of the plant, but this can also vary slightly, because, it is a living being! Each of the plants at Desert CITY has unique characteristics.