Aloe volkensii

[GreekDesert]

Aloe volkensii

[Geoff]

Tall Tanzanian Aloe- may be nearly the tallest aloe species of them all (well over 30 feet)... branching, glaucous-leaved plant with small brown teeth. Leaves fairly flat/straight though in older plants can be a bit recurved. Flowers in late winter to early spring are bright ret on highly branched inflorescences and in fairly compact head-shaped racemes. Plant is a fairly fast growing one and very attractive, and no idea why there are not more of these growing... only one I have seen was my own, and it was a beauty. Hope it's still doing well. Cold hardiness to around 26F with some leaf damage at this temperature.

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Aloe volkensii in early flower 3-13.jpg (146.99 KiB) Viewed 1290 times

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Aloe volkensis flower emerges!! 2-13.jpg (56.56 KiB) Viewed 1290 times

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