--- title: "Hi, I was wondering if anyone could ID this guy for me, I thought it…" description: "Hi, I was wondering if anyone could ID this guy for me, I thought it was a star cactus but it is not, the leaves are too round." url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/o3w47spwT9G4unTjr_Lckg" community: "Plant Identification" author: "BotanicalBookworm_13" published: "2024-04-27T17:08:55.058847Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_tHWC0HuYVkOtl0pbK4qb4sHpLEZPR4vjosDZWAadgY/5-76IUiNSpW784o5nu6FMQ.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Plant Identification](https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA.md) # Hi, I was wondering if anyone could ID this guy for me, I thought it… _Posted by BotanicalBookworm\_13 on 2024-04-27_ Hi, I was wondering if anyone could ID this guy for me, I thought it was a star cactus but it is not, the leaves are too round. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_tHWC0HuYVkOtl0pbK4qb4sHpLEZPR4vjosDZWAadgY/5-76IUiNSpW784o5nu6FMQ.webp?size=large) ## 24 comments ### Succulent❤️Mama commented on 2024-04-27 Well, whatever it is, we definitely have the same plant! Planta says it’s haworthia cooperi, but cooperi is usually spiked and more slender leaves. These are very squishy but no teeth so I lean towards haworthia obtusa. I was looking into it before getting back to you and it looks obtusa might be a sub variety of cooperi. Still doing research.🤪 I wanna know for sure too! If you look at my profile and go to kitchen, you’ll see mine with recent pictures of my two. Looks just like yours after a year, except maybe bigger and one has been split off the other one. But same growth pattern and leaves. Here’s a link to obtusa Check out Haworthia cymbiformis var. obtusa #### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-04-27 Ok, I don’t know why some sites were saying it is a subvarient of coopers, seems the consensus is that it is not. It’s a cymbiformis obtusa, or just obtusa depending on where you look. #### BotanicalBookworm\_13 replied on 2024-04-28 Thank you for the ideas and information. It makes sense it is a sub variant. It’s like it could be a obtusa but there are just a couple differences. Then it could be a cooperi but there are also some subtle differences. So thank you giving me some knowledge on this mystery! ### Ruby commented on 2024-04-27 It gorgeous, whatever it is! 😍 #### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-04-27 Yes! Love it! ❤️ #### BotanicalBookworm\_13 replied on 2024-04-28 Thank you! ### Kades commented on 2024-04-27 Obtusa/truncata cooperi ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/1h3iV-VWRTqojHtzp-hBcg.webp?size=large) #### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-04-29 Ours looks a little too pointy to be obtusa but too squishy and not toothed on the side to be cooperi. It almost seems like there’s a different variety I’m missing. Or are ours just obtusas that need more light and water?😅🤷‍♀️ #### Kades replied on 2024-04-29 I completely missed the teeth lol, I wonder if it’s just the individuality of the plant that makes them a bit pointier? #### Kades replied on 2024-04-29 I only have hard leaf haworthia so I’m not sure about the squish factor… ### Succulent❤️Mama commented on 2024-04-29 Since we are having this discussion, here are mine. Please excuse the first pot. 🤪 I just repotted it a week ago to give it more space. It’s gradually moving to more and more sun. I know they are probably etiolated from being inside 😅 and it got rained on🤦‍♀️. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/y_krRxbnOnIl47_tU3sBzisysToGsAt6Bpht3PD4Szw/W2jwHaI3S7aihnUP1PmUig.webp?size=large) #### Ruby replied on 2024-04-30 It’s so cute 🥰 #### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-04-30 Thank you🥰 ### Succulent❤️Mama commented on 2024-04-29 Pot #2 - if pot #1 doesn’t die out front, I’ll be moving these outside too. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/y_krRxbnOnIl47_tU3sBzisysToGsAt6Bpht3PD4Szw/W9YxjzzfT6SQCmkzifDaTQ.webp?size=large) #### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-04-29 Oops, this one is actually the same one as pot #1 before repotting. That’s what I get for just posting pictures from my photo albums. #### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-04-29 I have 4 retusa, but only 2 of these. I don’t know why I thought I had 3😅 ### Succulent❤️Mama commented on 2024-04-29 Pot #3, same, will be moving it out front if pot #1 is successful outside. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/y_krRxbnOnIl47_tU3sBzisysToGsAt6Bpht3PD4Szw/Zf2CyQLlT9inbYwgpq9_MA.webp?size=large) ### Kades commented on 2024-04-29 I deleted my earlier comment bc it was wrong! Haworthia Cooperi var. truncata (or haworthia obtusa var. truncata, should not be allowed to call it that lol) - Not what you guys have. Haworthia cymbiformis var. obtusa - what you guys have. #### Kades replied on 2024-04-29 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/dJaBp7b7SKOcX0B6LbdV5g.webp?size=large) #### Kades replied on 2024-04-29 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/pddeU4whSb2wb8oUSWoueg.webp?size=large) #### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-04-30 Thank you!!! ❤️ This is so helpful! Now we know for sure! ### Kades commented on 2024-04-29 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/kK3mbgEBTYaH6OpX-DWNsw.webp?size=large) ### Kades commented on 2024-04-29 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/c6dyh-B0S2C_mxKxctAThA.webp?size=large) ### Succulent❤️Mama commented on 2024-04-30 Yep, definitely the second picture! Ok, that helps so much. Now I wont have to wonder if they are getting the right amount of sun and light! I keep thinking they are supposed to look like the clear top super round ones wondering what I’m doing wrong. But also realizing that the leaves don’t look like that ever, even when they freshly come out.🤪 --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_