Haworthia maraisii var.maraisii V. Poelln.

This Haworthia comes from the Western Cape of South Africa, where all the other varieties of this species also exist. This plant is ISI 1763 and was obtained named as H. schuldtiana v whitesloaniana offered in April of 1987 as Haworthia schuldteana var. whitesloaneana  Poelln.  At that time it was called a rare Haworthia, collected in the wild only a few times, with semi transparent, thickly tuberculate leaves; in this variety the leaves are smaller and thinnner.

Photo  08/03/00
Page updated 11/11/03

Plant Data: ISI 1763 Rooted offsets of two clones received in 1950 from M. Malherbe of Robertson, SA, collected by him south of McGregor, near Stormsvlei, CP, SA.

Obtained 08/12/99 DEM177

Vendor; Dennis Hoidal