Haworthia Coarctata is a succulent plant native to South Africa, although it has become naturalized in Mexico. It can also be found with the synonym Aloe Coarctata. A curious note is that it is very easily confused with Haworthia Reinwardtii, as it has very similar growth.
The plant grows vertically with stacked and very tight rosettes, which can reach up to twenty centimeters in height. Being a succulent, we can enjoy that it has no spines on its entire surface, the only thing we can see is that the leaves have a pointed shape, seemingly very fleshy and are dark green in color, although as protection from the sun, it turns reddish. As time passes and it grows, it does so from the base of the plant, creating very small, tight new specimens that are spread over the ground.
It makes very small, tubular white flowers that grow at the end of a long stem up to thirty centimeters high. They’re not very glamorous.
It well tolerates hot and dry climates, requires many hours of direct light, if not possible, it must have at least four hours of sunshine, the rest may be indirect sunlight. It has quite a stunning resistance to the cold, it can hold minimum temperatures up to zero degrees. It is not appropriate to expose it to very closely followed frost, as this will have a very negative effect on the plant.
As for irrigation, it must be abundant in summer, moderate in spring, limited in autumn and null in winter. I tell you more easily: once a week in summer, once every fortnight in spring, once a month in autumn (always when the minimum temperatures are not less than seven positive degrees) and it must be null in winter to prevent disease in the plant, as its main cause of death is stinking for excess moisture. As I always tell you, before irrigation, we have to make sure that the substrate is completely dry.
Finally, I would like to explain one curiosity: the etymology of this plant has two parts:
– Haworthia: It is named after 18th-century botanist Adrian Hardy Haworth.
– Coarctata: Latin for short.
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