I need some information about this plant, I'm not sure if I have a Krinkle 8 here. I have never flowered it before.
The leaves look to me like a H. carnosa Krinkle 8
But the flowers are strange, 20 on this rachis , they are rather small and haven't opened yet. White on the outside with some red uneven blotching. Most have 5 points one or two only 4. It is such a baby plant only 3 leaves, hard and stiff with the 8 dimples. Any ideas at this time or am I just jumping the gun? Are the H. carnosa? Krinkle 8 flowers different than other hybrids, cultivar of this H. carnosa ? These look as if they are going to open tomorrow, but how big actually will they be when they do open. Thanks NOrma
H. Carnosa Krinkle 8 ?
Norma...your buds on your Krinkle 8 may be young...and just look small. Many times I have been fooled by tiny, then small, then not-so-large then..."OH...OK" flowers. H. carnosa 'Krinkle 8' has blossoms like H. carnosa...but a bit larger and more in an umbel...usually. They tend to be a pale pink...but this can be environmental and nurtritional as well.
The thing I really LOVE about the H. carnosa bunch is their flowers last for so very long...like the H. australis gang.
BTW - it is not unusual for an umbel to open with some 4 pointed corollas and coronas....
Thanks, I was wondering what was going on with this plant, I was surprised to see the 4 pointed corollas. I was also surprised to see the variegation before the corollas opened.
They are all open now, and holding on.
I have a H. carnosa 'Snow Ball' is it a good name? Just wondering, I got it from a friend who like to put names on plants, he hybridizes Haworthia and Gasteria, and names all the babies with weird names. Mars, Pluto, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, etc. Or after a series of cars. Norma
Yes...someone sent me H. carnosa 'Snowball' as well...supposed to be a large ball of white flowers, but it has always bloomed pink for me. No idea if it is a legal name...
I have decided to keep only a few of the H. carnosas...the ones I really like and wich are good specimins...like the solid green, 'Krinkle 8', H. fungii and H. motoskei. Almost seems like too many...will probably dis the solid green. A girl CAN have too many H. carnosas!!!
True, but not to many diamonds. Gads your spelling is as bad as mine, my fingers move too fast and get confused. LOL
Norma