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Gonialoe variegata
Plantpartridge breast aloe (Eng.); kanniedood, bontalwyn (Afr.) Harold Porter NBG Gonialoe variegata is classified as a dwarf aloe and is grouped together with various other aloes that ... drainage. Companion plants to Gonialoe variegata include Aloe aristata, A. bowiea, A. brevifolia , A. humilis, A. ...
Kumara haemanthifolia
Planthaemanthus-leaf aloe Karoo Desert NBG Kumara haemanthifolia is a robust plant ... situation, constitute an ideal habitat that enables this aloe to thrive under relatively protected conditions. To a ... plant and very rarely flowers in cultivation. Like Aloe polyphylla from the misty Lesotho highlands, Kumara ...
Aloidendron pillansii
Plant... this charismatic, noble and stately species. Asphodelaceae Aloe pillansii features quite prominently in private and ... hot and dry rock garden is best if one wants to grow this aloe in open ground but then only in a drier climate. Plants such as Aloe dichotoma , A. ramosissima , Cotyledon orbiculata , ...
... was named by Braam van Wyk and the author in Aloe magazine in 2012 (Van Jaarsveld & Van Wyk 2012).The ... and study cliff-dwelling succulent plants, in particular Aloe petrophila, in their cliff habitat. This small, rare Aloe with spotted leaves, is one of the smallest of the Aloe ...
Aloidendron tongaense
PlantTonga tree aloe (Eng.); Tonga boomaalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG ... which are not curved. A. barberae is our largest tree aloe (up to 19 m tall) from montane and riverine valleys in ... in northern, coastal Zululand. This species was named Aloe tongaensis by the author in 2010, in the South African ...
Aloe polyphylla
Plantspiral aloe (English); kroonaalwyn (Afrikaans); lekhala kharatsa ... Walter Sisulu NBG The most striking feature of this aloe is the perfect spiral in which the leaves are arranged. ... It is a criminal offence to remove plants or seed of Aloe polyphylla from the natural habitat or to buy plants ...
Reitz' aloe Walter Sisulu NBG Aloe reitzii var. reitzii is a robust and spectacular aloe species which comes from the grassland areas of ...
Aloe huntleyana
PlantHuntley aloe (Eng.); Huntley-aalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Plants ... the apex in open flowers. Capsules are rounded elongate. Aloe huntleyana flowers during autumn (April to June). Plants ... has a vegetative means of dispersal as well. Asphodelaceae Aloe huntleyana is an attractive small plant, best grown in ...
Aloe albida
PlantTSP Aloe albida usually grows singly or in small groups. The ... much larger and its flowers are dull pink (Reynolds 1950). Aloe albida is dependent on fire to clear grasses from their ... outcrops where the grasses are shorter. Asphodelaceae Aloe albida grows well in cultivation under the right ...
Aloidendron barberae
Planttree aloe (Eng.); boomaalwyn, mikaalwyn (Afr.); ikhala (Xhosa); ... NBG Aloidendron barberae is Africa's largest aloe reaching up to 15 m in height and 0.9 m in stem ... to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, where it was named Aloe barberae by Dyer, in 1874, in her honour. This species ...