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Faucaria tuberculosa cv. SUPER WARTY
This monstrous cultivar (supposed from Japan) has large bumped and tangled tubercles or warts on upper leaf surface and soft white teeth along the edges.
 

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Family: Mesebrianthemaceae (Aizoaceae)

Scientific name:  Faucaria felina ssp. tuberculosa (Rolfe) Groen & V.D.Haesen 1999

Origin: South Africa (Cape Province: Bedford)

Common Names include: Pebbled Tiger Jaws, Tiger Jaws’,  Knobby Tiger Jaws, Shark's Jaws,

Synonyms:  

  • Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum Rolfe 1916
  • Faucaria tubercolosa Schwantes 1926
  • Faucaria felina (L.) Schwantes

Description: Faucaria tuberculosa  is a low growing clump-forming, perennial succulent, it is one of the easiest species to identify, since it is the only one with white tubercles on the top of the leaves. 
Leaves: In opposite pairs, all pairs growing at right angles to the next adjacent, usually with 2 to 4 pairs to a branch., they are up to 2,5 cm long, by 2 cm wide, dark green thick ovate-triangular in the top view, scattered in white rough tubercles over the upper surface and edged with soft white structures that look like teeth.

The cultivars "SUPER WARTY" is a selected form with  large bumped and tangled tubercles or warts looking like a strange green marine creature. The petals of its flowers are also contorted monstrous. They need full sun to open fully and often don't open at all if the weather is cloudy, or if they are in the shade.
Blooming time: Flowers will usually come out in the autumn (October or November) and bloom for several months (also in winter and spring if the growing conditions are adequate).
 

 



The yellow flowers are monstrous with contorted petals.

Culture: Faucaria are la good choice for anyone wanting to start growing succulents. They are quite hardy and can take a short period of light frost and in very dry warm regions these succulents make very impressive out door ground covers.  They need full sun to light shade with a well-drained soil mix, but can tolerate a wide variety of soil types and growing locations as long as there is plenty of sun. The plants are well watered during the growing season and allowed to dry thoroughly before watering again and will tolerate some over watering, but the challenge is to help them keep their compact form and prevent elongation of the stem. During the winter months, the plants should be kept very dry, only watering enough to keep the leaves from shrivelling.
As house plants they tend to grow in fair weather and rest when temperatures are too hot or too cool.

Propagation: Faucaria tuberculosa is very easy to start from seed. Seeds germinate in 7-14 days at 21°C. Although they will start from cuttings, it is quite difficult to get them to root. If they start to rot there is usually part of the plant that can be removed and possibly rooted.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Faucaria tuberculosa:

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