Haworthia bolusii 'Odetteae' GM555

A seed-grown clump of one of my favorite haworthias (and there are many), they're all looking very nice right now. I need to spend more time out in the greenhouses right now but a couple of pests have been keeping me busy: a raccoon which likes to visit our pond and dine on the goldfish and a squirrel which is trying its best to chew its way into our attic. We're periodically successful, but they're persistent!

Haworthia bolusii GM555

I know. I've posted these plants before plenty of times. (However, these are indeed new pictures.) I just like them. It's hard to believe that they are even in the same genus as H. truncata!

Haworthia bolusii GM555

At the other end of the spectrum from the "tough leaf" species I've been posting are these soft-bodied beauties. They never cease to amaze me.

Haworthia bolusii GM555

If H. truncata et. al. are at one end, surely these lovelies are at the other end. Delicate looking and soft to the touch, Haworthia boluii is an entirely different animal. (Pardon the mixed metaphors.) It's hard to believe they're even the same genus. But the proof is - of course - in the flowers.

During the winter, when the sun is in short supply, these little plants flourish... in the greenhouse of course. They're not prepared to weather our winter cold. But that's OK. They just provide another reason to go out and sit in the greenhouse ... as if I needed an excuse.