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GASTERIA MADAGASCARIENSIS IS THE COMON NAME FOR THIS PLANT. THE BOTANICAL NAME IS GASTERIA TUKHELENSIS. THIS IS NOT A NEW DISCOVERED PLANT AND IS STILL MOSTLY FOUND IN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. I HAVE MY FIRST PLANT THAT WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD IN 1970 AND IS A MUST HAVE GASTERIA. IT IS STILL RARE AND DIFFICULT TO FIND IN ITS TRUE FORM. THE LEAVES ARE ROSETTES, SMOOTH AND SHINY THE PHOTO IS A MATURE SPECIMEN IN THE NURSERY WHICH HAS BEEN GROWN IN THE NURSERY IN FULL SUN. LEAVES ARE IN OPPOSING FORMATION INSTEAD OF FULL ROTATION THAN IN MATURE PLANTS THAT ARE FOR SALE. THE PLANTS THAT ARE FOR SALE ARE TEN YEARS OLD AND ARE ABOUT TO SPIRALLY ARRANGE IN 2015. PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR PLANT SIZE ABOUT 4 INCHES ACROSS FOR $15.00 OR FIVE TO SIX INCHES ACROSS FOR $20.00.