All you wanted to know about Haworthias, Gasterias and Astrolobas: Haworthia dimorpha

Haworthia dimorpha, TL, near Constable Station, New photo

Haworthia dimorpha (M.B.Bayer) I.Breuer

dimorpha: two shapes.

H. dimorpha is a rare species from Great Karoo. It has less leaves than archeri or marumiana and it is generally larger than both. It is characteristic by white tubercles and prominent translucent spots on the leaves. The flower has the straight upper petal lobes. Bayer has originaly described this plant as variety of marumiana, which doesn´t make sence at all - the distance from main marumiana is huge, the morphology is total different as well the growing situation, where marumiana is one of the easiest species to grow, dimorpha is one of the more difficult. Breuer in the other hand includes it as variety of archeri, I do not think it is correct as well - that´s why I use it here under its own species status.

Distribution map

H. dimorpha is known only from the area around type locality near Constable Station, W. Laingsburg. It grows well hidden in rock crevices in a very impassable terrain high on the mountains.

It is not easy species and still not very common in cultivation. Be careful with correct watering and keep it off from direct sunlight. Propagation must be done by seeds.