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Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana Seeds - Indigenous Succulents
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Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana Seeds - Indigenous Succulents

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Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana 1
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Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana Seeds

Common name: dwarf gasteria, klein-beestong

Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana is a rare, dwarf succulent perennial with leaves in a rosette. It is one of the smallest of the gasterias, each rosette reaching only about 25 mm in height. Some of its larger siblings like Gasteria exelsa can grow 70 mm tall and 1 m in diameter.

Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana proliferates from the base forming dense groups of up to ten or more individuals. The leaves are 15-100 mm long and 8-14 mm broad, tapering, strap-shaped with a rounded or acute top and a smooth, mottled epidermis. The leaves of young plants are arranged in two opposite ranks and look quite different to the adult leaves.


Gasterias grow in the shade of other plants, so the mottled appearance of their leaves camouflages them in the dense vegetation, thus giving them some protection from grazers, but not necessarily from being trampled. Nevertheless, if they are disturbed, grazerampled, their brittle leaves will break and the parts broken off will spontaneously root on the ground.

Gasterias are used in various traditional medicines. Plants of Gasteria excelsa and G. croucheri are sometimes placed on the roofs of dwellings in Eastern Cape, in the belief that they prevent lightning from striking the house. Others use parts of the plants during faction fighting, believing that the plant will make them partly camouflaged so that the enemy will not see them.
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17 Nov 2009