Haworthia who?

[nachtkrabb]

Below you see pictures of two Haworthias that I have received from two different sources: The one I got in 2006 from a colleague, the other I got in exchange for other cutlings in a restaurant in 2007. When I receved each plant, each was named here in the forum with different names. In the beginning they looked slightly different in growth -- form of leaves, growth pattern, pattern of white dots.

Now they grow and flower side by side for many years in the same soil and with the same conditions, for a long time even in the same pot. Their flowers look just the same to me -- same colour, same form & size, both on long, branching stems. I admit: I cannot see a difference between them. I coudn't say why the one should be a H. attenuata var. clariperla and the other a H. fasciata. What do you see and say?

The a-plant in on the left side of the "both"-picture, the b-plant on the right. The b-plant was said to be a H. attenuata var. clariperla, the a-plant a H. fasciata.
Thank you for your help!
N.

Beide:

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Plant a: H. fasciata?

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Plant b: H. attenuata var. clariperla?

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[esp_imaging]

They look identical to me.
I don't think H. attenuata var. clariperla is generally accepted as a genuine variety in any case - there is so much variation from plant to plant (and even on the same plant) that creating varieties based on minor variations on leaf pattern / ridges / bumps is not helpful.
The smoothness or otherwise of the inward facing part of the leaf seems to be a key distinction between the 2 species - I'm not sure where your plants fall. Maybe with regular banding and smooth(ish) upper leaf surfaces, they are both H. fasciata?

[nachtkrabb]

...hmmm... The Zebra stripes are more or less regular, the upper leaf surfaces are more or less smooth or minimal bumpy.
So: Maybe...? Or maybe not...?

On llifle I have just read:

Synonyms:
Haworthia attenuata (Haw.) Haw.
Aloe attenuata Haw.
Aloe radula Ker Gawl. non Jacq.
Apicra attenuata (Haw.) Willd.
Catevala attenuata (Haw.) Kuntze
Haworthia pumila subs. attenuata (Haw.) Halda
Haworthiopsis attenuata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley

...and...

Synonyms:
Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw.
Aloe fasciata (Willd.) Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Apicra fasciata Willd.
Catevala fasciata (Willd.) Kuntze
Haworthia pumila subs. fasciata (Willd.) Halda
Haworthiopsis fasciata (Willd.) G.D.Rowley

So they can't be too far away from each other.

Thank you, esp_imaging.
N.

http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCC ... _attenuata
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCC ... a_fasciata