Origin and Habitat: Garden origin.

• Haworthia cv. Jade Star

Description: “Jade Star” is a beautiful hybrid cross between Hawothia koelmaniorum and Haworthia limifoliaSN|21354]]SN|21354]] var. ubomboensis. This cultivar, even though slow-growing, attains quite a large size for a Hawothia species (12-15 cm in diameter).

Cultivation and Propagation: It is a very slow growing plant, it needs regular water, but do not water again until dry. Also, it is a species that is dormant in the winter and require very little water (maybe even none) during the cold months.
Frost Tolerance: Light frost protection required. Minimum of 5ºC for safe growing (but hardy up to -5°C or less.)
Sun Exposure: Requires light shade to bright light (protect from strong midday sun). In shade the body colour will remain mostly green, while full sun will darken and give it a reach pink-red body colour. Can be sunburned if moved from shade/greenhouse into full sun too quickly. The amount of sunlight it can withstand without scorching depends upon the how hot it becomes in the summer in the locale in which it is planted. It will have more colour if it receives more light. During the spring it may be able to take full sun until the heat arrives at the end of spring. In an area that has hot afternoon sun, it may be able to take full morning sun, but requires afternoon shade or afternoon light shade.
Propagation: This cultivar is propagated from vegetative propagation (offsets or micropropagation) this ensures that the progeny are genetic copies of the parent plant (clones), but in contrast to most of the other Haworthia, these plants are reluctant or very slow to offset so propagation is usually quite limited.