Haworthia springbokvlakensis Hybrid rare succulent

Haworthia springbokvlakensis Family:Asphodelaceae (Aloacee – Liliaceae)

Haworthia springbokvlakensis Scientific name:  Haworthia springbokvlakensis C.L.Scott
Published in: Journ. S. Afr. Bot. xxxvi. 288 (1970).

Origin:  South Africa (Eastern cape, East of Little Karoo)

Habitat: A limited number of plant were found scattered on a small hill in the dry interior West Cape around Oudtshoorn where the population density was never very high. In this area the rain is scant but can occur in winter or summer. They grows almost buried with only the upper retuse face of the leaves visible, on a firm hard gravely soil with pH 6,8 in the protection of shrubs often in deep shade and covered with dust.

Etymology: The species has been named spingbokwlakensis for the occurrence on one of dozen or more places named Spingbokvlatke in Little Karro region (South-Africa). The name Springbokvlakte indicates a “flats where the springboks are found” (Springbok are South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air)