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Aloe genus
Plant... Sotho); icena (Ndebele); imboma (Zulu). Biosystematics Aloes come in a variety of growth forms, from small ... with green, pink or white flowers. The vast majority of aloes flower in winter, while some groups, like the grass aloes for instance, usually flower in spring or summer. Aloe ...
Gonialoe genus
Plantpartridge aloes, partridge-breasted aloes, tiger aloes, variegated aloes (Eng.); bontaalwyne, bontbees, ...
Kumara genus
Plantfan aloes (Eng.); waaieraalwyne (Afr.) National Herbarium ... Aloe being split into several segregate genera: Aloe (true aloes), Aloiampelos (rambling aloes), Aloidendron (tree aloes), Aristaloe (awn-leaf aloe), ...
Aloidendron
Planttree aloes (Eng.); boomaalwyne (Afr.) National Herbarium Pretoria Tree aloes form large trees and shrubs, with forked (dichotomous) ... dry out and split open to release the mature seed. Tree aloes all flower in late autumn to winter, except for ...
Aloiampelos commixta
Plant... and A. tenuior to be known collectively as rambling aloes. The leaves are slightly fleshy, widely spaced and ... the particular method of natural pollination used by most aloes - ornithophily (pollination by birds). This ... unless the beds can be protected from unseasonal rain. Aloes should be watered liberally during the growing season ...
Aloiampelos juddii
Plant... such as sun- and sugar birds are typically associated with aloes and Fynbos vegetation in the Cape. Since Aloiampelos ... been changed from Aloe to Aloiampelos for all rambling aloes which include Aloe ciliaris (now Aloiampelos ciliaris ... comprises of several subgenera namely Gonialoe (angle-leaf aloes), Aristaloe (needle-leaf aloes), Aloe (true aloes), ...
Aloiampelos
Plantclimbing aloes, rambling aloes, scrambling aloes (Eng.); rankaalwyne (Afr.) National Herbarium Pretoria ... orange to red, and are often greenish-tinged. Rambling aloes are pollinated by, amongst others, sunbirds. Plants are ...
Aloe simii
Plant... once every year, later in their lives and then slowly die. Aloes are ideal to attract birds to the garden, in particular ... aloe nectar, which is produced all day. Winter-flowering aloes are very well visited because there is little other ... flat seeds that are dispersed by wind. Asphodelaceae Aloes are quirky-looking plants that every gardener should ...
Aloe succotrina
Plant... The fruits ripen in spring, releasing small black seeds. Aloes are sometimes confused with a number of other plants ... Gasteria , but the two most conspicuous characteristics of aloes are their succulent leaves that are arranged in ... and their tall, usually candle-like inflorescences. Some aloes grow to be trees, such as Aloidendron dichotomum , ...
Aloe pearsonii
Plant... pearsonii is summer flowering (Dec.-Jan.). As with other aloes, the seeds are typically winged, small, up to 4 mm, and ... pearsonii is not as easy to grow as the other creeping aloes. Although it is possible to grow these plants from ... pearsonii is probably the least typical of the creeping aloes but it fits very comfortably in the group as it has the ...