Hi! Apologies for the delay on seeing this post... The photos originally posted plantomaniac08(8) but the photo showing further down is the 'White Stripe' spathiphyllum we used to grow. Sadly, it didn't perform well for us, so we're no longer growing that one. Regarding tags and accuracy: I totally hear you --- our tagging isn't the most accurate in the world. We typically don't go variety-specific on our tags because it makes things MUCH more expensive for us... and we have to keep our costs within the threshold of what our retailer partners are willing to buy our plants for (while still being able to afford to invest in research and development to find and test new plants...). Another problem is that we're human --- everyone makes mistakes and with the volume of plants we produce, it happens from time to time that the wrong tag gets put in the wrong plant. We are always working on making things better, though, and we're testing some different systems that can help us be more specific on tags without becoming crazy expensive. But if you have any questions about our plants, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. Oh, and by the way: I'm working to get every plant we sell photographed and put up on the website with the variety name, but it's a slow process... ---Justin, Costa Farms

JG, That's one fine look'n plant. I've always had a likeing for it,but it takes up too much room for me in my limited space indoors.Difficult to keep during the winter months too. I've found another photo of it in the 'Blooming Bromeliads'book (pg.226),and I've taken a pic of it to post here,and it shows it in bloom. Also added an old photograph of my Vriesea ospinae var. gruberi,which is another eye pleaser you might like.Got that one at Tropiflora too. The write up on the kupperiana says "the inflorescence is over 1 m. in hight,opens its cream-colored flowers late in the evening.The offshoot grows from the side of the infl.,and eventually takes over the site occupied by the mother plant,so that the latter's withered leaves have to be removed at a later stage.Cultivation : large basket or pot with additional lateral holes;highly permeable potting substrate,light and mesic.Habitat;Near Cartago,Costa Rica to Ecuador,usually on pines." Congrats on acquiring a neat plant,and to heck with the price when it makes you happy.So you skip a few meals eating out,it all evens up. God won't ask you how much money you saved,but will ask what you bought with it.And He Loves plants ! Bob Photo:

There are two black Echie cultivars, 'Black Prince' and 'Black Knight'. The 'Black Prince' rosette is more compact with shorter, more triangular leaves compared to 'Black Knight' which has longer more slender leaves. When young, the two cultivars can be hard to distinguish and are often mislabeled. I would trust your tag more than me ;)

are there holes in the bottom of that cute pot??? .. if not.. be very careful with watering ... i would also suggest you go to say.. google images .. to see how big they can get.. and if they get large .... then repotting will be in your future ... i think there used to be a succulent forum ... though i have no idea how active it is .... regardless.. post wherever you find friends you like to talk to ken did this one for you..... looks like it will outgrow that pot in a year https://www.google.com/search?q=Haworthia+Retusa&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT5eWjlpzRAhVB4IMKHTdCAYYQ_AUICCgB&biw=934&bih=744&dpr=0.9