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fearlessthereforepowerful

Cacti and mesemb collector, amateur herb gardener, absolute pro at cultivating weeds😬

Gasteria acinacifolia

  • Season Icon Mid AutumnMid Autumn 2020
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fearlessthereforepowerful

I’m starting to enjoy #gasteria This was labeled #fuscopunctata, but I’m unsure if that’s the same as #gasteria-oxtongue. Looks alike, so I’m going with it 🤷🏻ā€ā™€ļø

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heatherdirtyhands

Def looks like ox tongue to me

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heatherdirtyhands

I also really like the way yours flows.

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wildbloomers

Not to be too rigid here but ā€œox-tongueā€ is a common name given to gasteria species in general. Fuscopunctata is a non valid species name (or synonym) for gasteria acinacifolia which is what your plant appears to be. If you don’t care to or need to know the scientific binomial names then ā€œOx Tongueā€ works just fine.

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fearlessthereforepowerful

@heatherdirtyhands thanks! I have a #gasteria-littlewarty that I found, my introduction to this plant. When someone let me choose one of these to add in, I jumped at the chance!

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fearlessthereforepowerful

@wildbloomers I appreciate learning about these. That explains why I couldn’t find anything about it when I got it. Can you advise, should this have the same ā€œplumpnessā€ of leaves as my little warty? I can’t tell if it needs a drink or not 😂

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