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Faucaria tuberculosa cv. SUPER WARTY
This monstrous cultivar (supposed from Japan) has large bumped and
tangled tubercles or warts on upper leaf surface and soft white teeth
along the edges.
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Family: Mesebrianthemaceae (Aizoaceae)
Scientific name:
Faucaria felina ssp. tuberculosa (Rolfe)
Groen & V.D.Haesen 1999
Origin: South Africa (Cape Province: Bedford)
Common Names include: Pebbled Tiger Jaws, Tiger Jaws’,
Knobby Tiger Jaws, Shark's Jaws,
Synonyms:
- Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum
Rolfe 1916
- Faucaria tubercolosa Schwantes
1926
- Faucaria felina (L.) Schwantes
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Description: Faucaria
tuberculosa is a low growing clump-forming, perennial
succulent, it is one of the easiest species to identify, since it is the
only one with white tubercles on the top of the leaves.
Leaves: In opposite pairs, all pairs growing at right angles to
the next adjacent, usually with 2 to 4 pairs to a branch., they are up
to 2,5 cm long, by 2 cm wide, dark green thick ovate-triangular in the
top view, scattered in white rough tubercles over the upper surface and
edged with soft white structures that look like teeth.
The cultivars "SUPER WARTY"
is a selected form with large bumped and tangled tubercles or
warts looking like a strange green marine creature. The petals of its
flowers are also contorted monstrous. They need full sun to open fully
and often don't open at all if the weather is cloudy, or if they are in
the shade.
Blooming time: Flowers will usually come out in the autumn
(October or November) and bloom for several months (also in winter and
spring if the growing conditions are adequate).
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The yellow flowers are monstrous with contorted
petals.
Culture: Faucaria are la
good choice for anyone wanting to start growing succulents. They are
quite hardy and can take a short period of light frost and in very dry
warm regions these succulents make very impressive out door ground
covers. They need full sun to light shade with a well-drained soil
mix, but can tolerate a wide variety of soil types and growing locations
as long as there is plenty of sun. The plants are well watered during
the growing season and allowed to dry thoroughly before watering again
and will tolerate some over watering, but the challenge is to help them
keep their compact form and prevent elongation of the stem. During the
winter months, the plants should be kept very dry, only watering enough
to keep the leaves from shrivelling.
As house plants they tend to grow in fair weather and rest when
temperatures are too hot or too cool.
Propagation: Faucaria tuberculosa is very easy to start from
seed. Seeds germinate in 7-14 days at 21°C. Although they will start
from cuttings, it is quite difficult to get them to root. If they start
to rot there is usually part of the plant that can be removed and
possibly rooted.
Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of Faucaria tuberculosa:
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