Usha di, I recd your mail after I posted my reply! Both of us writing at the same time.
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > Ajinkya, you may be quite right... > > > I had thought of it, except there is no spine on the leaf anywhere other > than one on the left side... which may be just a dried up end or a true > spine/pointed end.... and no backward bending spines along the outer back > column...I cant see any of those hooks that are supposed to have been > there...they are not so easy to remove unless one wants to kill the plant > and not sell it.... > > so I don t know.. > but your choice is better than mine of Howarthia I think.. > > ANYBODY else have any ideas out there??? > > Usha di... > > > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:27 PM, ajinkya gadave <[email protected]>wrote: > >> this is *Agave victoriae-reginae* >> >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Promila Chaturvedi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I also think that it is Hawarthia species.. >>> Promila >>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:40 PM, ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear AARTI >>>> >>>> could be >>>> h turgida? >>>> >>>> but dont quote me !!:) :) >>>> Howarthias are difficult at best ... I find... >>>> >>>> one howarthia I thought was one, turned out to be doubtful and still is >>>> ... as miniature aloe of all things... it flowered and is now dying a slow >>>> death... >>>> >>>> this one (yours) is definitely not aloe.. >>>> but not sure what / how to classify this succulent, most likely a >>>> howarthia.. >>>> we need an academic expert on cacti... >>>> >>>> usha di >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Aarti S. Khale >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear friends, >>>>> Saw this succulent plant at the Flower Show at Jijamata Udyan in >>>>> Mumbai last year on 19/2/2011. >>>>> A very small, cultivated, potted plant. >>>>> Haworthia species? >>>>> Aarti >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > --
