Species · genus Gasteria · Asphodelaceae

Knoppies Gasteria

Gasteria batesiana G.D.Rowley

Growth habit
compact rosette succulent
Native range
KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, South Africa
Reference · G. batesiana

Cultivars of G. batesiana

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

A tough little ox-tongue succulent with dark, warty-textured triangular leaves in low rosettes. One of the most-grown gasterias and a frequent hybrid parent.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes drawn from cited sources
Light
retail care guidance (growswithlove.com Gasteria listings): bright indirect, tolerates lower light
Water
dry-succulent 28-day floor — retail care guidance (growswithlove.com): allow soil to dry completely between waterings
Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Not documented

Temperature

Not documented

Soil mix

Not documented

Propagation

Not documented

Fertilizing

Not documented

Growth rate

Not documented

Flowering

Not documented

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: retail care guidance (growswithlove.com Gasteria listings): bright indirect, tolerates lower light · dry-succulent 28-day floor — retail care guidance (growswithlove.com): allow soil to dry completely between waterings · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasteria_batesiana + growswithlove.com listings

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