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Gasteria carinata var. retusa




     From the Western Cape Province of South Africa, Gasteria carinata var. retusa is another miniature, producing distichous (leaves in opposite ranks rather than spiralled) heavily offsetting rosettes, only a few inches across. Thats about all I can find out about it.
      I have several of these from Home Depot or Lowes, can't remember. They are always mislabelled Gasteria liliputana. I can't even be sure it's a Gasteria carinata var. retusa, but it looks close to it. It may actually be some sort of hybrid.

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