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🌱 Morphology
  One of the most unique and recognizable hybrid Tulista. It forms small, compact rosettes of thick, rigid, upright, pointed green leaves, the surface of which is covered with large, irregular white tubercles that look like tiny drops of porcelain on the epidermis. The leaves may curve slightly inward and the tubercles have an irregular distribution that gives each specimen its own unique pattern. It is a slow-growing and highly ornamental hybrid, selected precisely for the intensity and sculptural nature of its leaf texture.

🌍 Distribution, habitat and family
It does not come from a natural population: it is a horticultural hybrid of Japanese origin. Available documentation attributes its creation to Robert Kent and indicates the parents as Haworthia/Tulista pumila and H. marginata, although there are doubts about the exact attribution of the cross and which plant acted as the male and female parent. The Japanese name ‘Tenshi-no-namida’ means “angel tears” and was published as a cultivar name in 2002. It belongs to the Asphodelaceae family, subfamily Asphodeloideae.

❄️ Temperature
USDA 10a. It tolerates minimum temperatures down to −1 ºC. As it is a hybrid of T. pumila and T. marginata, it is recommended to take the same precautions against prolonged cold and damp substrate as with its parents.

☀️ Lighting
Partial shade. It needs plenty of light to maintain a compact rosette and favor the contrast between the green epidermis and the large white tubercles. Intense light is recommended, with progressive adaptation to direct sun. DLI PAR: 12–20 mol/m²/day during active growth.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Summer dormancy. Both of its parents come from the Western Cape, a region with mainly autumn and winter rains. Vegetative activity is greater during the cool months and decreases with the heat and dryness of summer. It is recommended to water during the active period, allowing the substrate to dry out completely before watering again, and to significantly reduce water supply during the summer.

🌸 Flowering
It produces a thin, elevated inflorescence with small, whitish, tubular flowers, similar to those of its parents. Flowering usually occurs during late spring and early austral summer. No first-flowering age specifically published for this clone has been located.

🌿 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 irrigation, reducing or suspending fertilization during summer dormancy.

9x9 cm gourmet black pot

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

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