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Gasteria nigricans (monstrose). This is one of my gasterias, and it's looking a little... bleh... I have been planning to repot this, but I always forget. I promise to repot this tomorrow coz I just repotted 10 pots of caladiums and it's getting really hot outside. Care of the gasteria is a little tricky. They are like succulents since they do not like moist medium. It's best to pot them in well-draining medium, like 80-90% pumice as they are prone to rot as well. Mine here is a little dehydrated coz it's been sitting in a corner for a while now. My bad, i know :-( Propagation is challenging too. But the good thing is that they can be propagated via division. You can separate a section and it'll become a new plant. In the second photo, i have encircled two sections. As you can see, they already have the beginnings of root growth on their sides and underneath too. If the section is still quite small, leave it with the mother plant to allow it to grow bigger so that it'll have a higher chance of surviving once it is separated from the mother plant. I think I'll have a few babies from this mother plant, which has been spilling over its pot because its been multiplying a lot. I plan to divide it and replant some directly into the ground with some of my succies and perhaps have a few in pots as well. We'll see ^_^💮

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