Gasteria glomerata

G. glomerata remains distichous throughout it's life.

Leaves are strap shaped and short, about 1.5-5cm long.  A very small tip can be distinghuished. 

The leaf surface is asperulous or - if you like - with microscopic tubercles on a pale blue-green background.

G. glomerata  divides at a speedy rate and forms as such a big clump of plants that in nature stick to the vertical rock it grows on.

G. glomerata is related to G. rawlinsonii which can be seen in similar flowers and leaf surface, but the shape is totally different. It could be confused with G. baylissiana because of it's small size and similar flowers, but he latter has numerous clear tubercles.

The inflorescence is unbranched and max 20cm tall. 

 The flowers are small but bigger than those of g. bayllisiana, 2-2.5cm  long, bright orange-red gasteriform part while the tube is yellow with green striations.

When the plant flowers it usually send up several inflorescences giving quite a spectacle of red flowers.