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Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera, Hunt´s Drift

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera (Baker) M.B.Bayer

pilifera: with hairs.

H. cooperi var. pilifera is characteristic by its bluish-green colour, shorter and more stumpy leaves (than var. cooperi), with less pronounced marginal spines, leaf end mostly with bristle. It is slowly offsetting species. Size of the rosette can vary from 4 cm - 12 cm. They often grow close to the soil and in dry period they becomes very cryptic, only with leave tips visible above the ground. This variety constitutes the main body of cooperi species.

Distribution map

H. cooperi var. pilifera is species from dry grassveld areas in Eastern Cape. It occurs from Uitenhage-Port Elizabeth area in the West to Kingwilliamstown in the East. In Port Elizabeth area plants are smaller, with longer leaves and more sharp leave end. Breuer and Hayashi use name 'salina' for this smaller form. The largest elements grow around Somerset East, where this variety continuously changes into var. dielsiana. Close to Chalumna River was found attractive population of plants with much longer translucent leaves and was described as H. cooperi var. davidii. (see different article).

This species is well known in cultivation for many years, it has many "synonyms". Some forms are very attractive and can be jewels of any collection. Propagation can be done by seed or offsets. It doesn´t have any special requierments.

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera 'salina', Red House

Synonyms:
H. pilifera, H. obtusa var. pilifera, H. stayneri, H. stayneri var. salina, H. pilifera var. salina, H. obtusa var. salina, H. pilifera var. dielsiana f. acuminata, H. obtusa var. dielsiana f. acuminata,, H. altilinea

Known localities:

Viedgesville (3128DA)
Little Fish (3225DA)
Cookhouse, Patryshoogte (3225DD)
24 km S. Bedford (3226CA)
Good Hope, Alice (3226DD)
Fort Hare (3226DD)
Alice (3226DD)
Middledrift (3226DD)
Fort Murray Bridge (3227BD)
E. Keiskammahoek (3227CA)
5 km N. Kingwilliamstown to Pirie Dam (3227CC)
Golf course, KWT (3227CD)
Line Drift (3227CD)
Balazi (3227CD)
St. Johns Drift (3227DA)
Near Komgha (3227DB)
Brigadoon (3227DC)
Buffalo River (3227DC)
Bridal Drift (3227DC)
Cambridge (3227DD)
Cookhouse to Zuurberg (3325BA)
Shenfield (3325BB)
Kommadagga (3325BB)
18 km N. Zuurberg Inn (3325BC)
Enon (3325BC)
Zuurberg (3325BC)
Addo Park (3325BD)
Bauerskraal (3325CB)
Despatch (3325CD)
1 km W. Uitenhage (3325CD)
22 km Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage (3325DC)
E. Uitenhage (3325DC)
Bethelsdorp salt pan (3325DC)
Redhouse (3325DC)
E. Riebeek East (3326AA)
Willowfontein (3326AA)
Blaauwkrantz (3326AC)
NW. Salem (3326AD)
8 km N. Grahamstown (3326AD)
The Fort (3326BA)
Keiskamma near Breakfast Vlei (3326BB)
Debe Nek (3326BB)
N. Committees (3326BB)
E. Committees (3326BB)
Committees (3326BB)
16 km N. Cradock road (3326BC)
Grahamstown (3326BC)
Bothas Hill (3326BC)
Frazers Camp (3326BD)
Peninsula (3326DA)
Brigadoon (3326DC)
Peddie (3327AA)
S. Kingwilliamstown (3327AB)
E. Chalumna (3327BA)
S. Motherwell (3325DC)
Blaukrans Pass (3326BC)
Booysen Park (3325CD)
Hopeful, S. Fort Beaufort (3226DC)
Hunt´s Drift (3326BB)
S. Fort Beaufort (3226DC)
W. Fort Beaufort (3226DC)
E. Fort Beaufort (3226DC)
Majamanini (3227CD)
The Downs (3325DA)
Glen Craig (3326BC)
near Sheldon (3325BB)
Fish River Pass (3326BB)
Chancery Hall, S. Adelaide (3226CD)
Grassridge (3325DC)
Leicester (3326BA)
Masemanini (3227CD)
Motherwel to Uitewaal (3326DC)
N. Cookhouse (3225DB)
NW. Ripon (3225BB)
Oudekraal (3325BA)
Perseverance (3325DC)
Kubusie Drift (3227CB)
Ripplemead (3227CB)
Athlone (3326BB)
Fraser´s Camp (3326BD)
Moordenaars Drift (3225DD)

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera near Oudekraal, NEW PHOTO

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera Glen Craig

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera, Glen Craig

Locality of H. cooperi var. pilifera, Glen Craig

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera, S. Fort Beaufort

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera, Moordenaars Drift

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera, Athlone

Locality of H. cooperi var. pilifera, Athlone

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera, Fraser´s Camp

Locality of H. cooperi var. pilifera, Fraser´s Camp

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera 'kubusie', Ripplemead

Locality of H. cooperi var. pilifera 'kubusie', Ripplemead

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera 'salina', Red House

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera 'salina', Red House

Locality of H. cooperi var. pilifera 'salina', Red House

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera, Hunt´s Drift

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera 'salina', Uitkomst

Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera 'salina', Booysen Park, PE.

Locality of H. cooperi var. pilifera 'salina', Booysen Park, PE.

Haworthia cooperi var. dielsiana 'joeyae', Eastpoort Station, NEW PHOTO

Haworthia cooperi var. dielsiana (V.Poelln.) M.B.Bayer

dielsiana: in honour of Prof. Diels of Berlin, Dahlem

H. cooperi var. dielsiana is species from cooperi group with virtually no leaf awn and very rounded leaf end, keel and margin, some locality forms have margin spines. It is slowly proliferating species. Rosette is 5 - 10 cm in diameter and in cultivation can reach almost 15 cm. It grows on flat grassy area amongst stones or on low slopes.

Distribution map

Bayer includes under this variety plants from Somerset East area. Scott has described H. joeyae from locality near Eastpoort. These plants are very atractive and popular in collections. I have visited this locality in 2003 and 2012 and most of the plants are gone - without any visible reason they cleaned with buldozzer most of the hill slope. When I revisited the site after 9 year - nothing was done with this field and only grass is there. I have visited the site again in 2018, and it seems the population is slightly increasing in number of plants, but population is still very limited to small area.

H. cooperi var. dielsiana in cultivation can be grown without any problems, they can grow quite large in greenhouse. They stay usually solitary, so the propagation should be done by seeds.