It's Aloe time again

16 years ago

No striking flowers yet, but the aloes are all starting to shoot up their flower stalks now. Hummingbirds are very happy.

Here is a shot of Aloe dyeri flowers... this is generally the first aloe of the 'season' to flower letting me know more are on the way.

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Aloe fosteri are always right behind

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These Kelly Griffin hybrids flower all year round, but look a bit more vibrant in cooler weather

Aloe deltoideodonta var. fallax have all flowered, too by now (this plant always misidentified as Aloe ibitiensis)

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Aloe vacillans (yellow form) are usually done by now, but are late this year

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Aloe laterita are also late this year (we had a cool year, which I think threw a lot of aloes off their schedule)

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Aloe paralellifolia does not have a great flower, but you can't be choosey in fall... in winter, I would probably not notice it.

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A few from the Huntington.. .this is Aloe Kujo

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And this is Aloe Rooikappie

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Aloe labworana is a rare species with unusual flowers

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Aloe vacillans (pink form)

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And this is an unlabeled plant, but I think these are Aloe schelpiis

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there will be WAY more to come over the next 4-5 months.

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Comments (6)

rosemariero6
16 years ago
Most EXCELLENT shots of all your Aloes...AND surrounding plants, Geoff!! Loved the show! Thanks a bunch!!
norma_2006
16 years ago
Geoff what is the name of the pink one with the base of the flower like an Aloe? Does the flowers have a fuzz on them? The pictures are terrific, you have supplied a name to one that I have lost of the label. Thanks
Thanks again for the pictures, I think I am getting up the nerve now to set mine in open ground this winter. Many of mine are in flower at this time and the Hummers are going nuts, even the new babies that are gathering their own food now for the first time. I hope they stay for the Winter, the squirrels are eating some of my plants, I do feed them, I do give them fresh water. Why whould they eat Rebutia and Sansevieria, I caught them at it. Very cheeky. Norma
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16 years ago
Wonderful pictures, thank you!
lzrddr
Original Author
16 years ago
Norma, I guess I don't know which plant you are referring to. I labeled all the photos. Is there another plant in one of them you are talking about?
paracelsus
16 years ago
All great photos, thanks for sharing. My favorite image is the last, at the Huntington I presume? That is a wonderful group of shot of Aloe schelpiis, a plant just got added to my high priority want list. I'm getting Aloe fever again. Uh Oh...

Brad
Marie Tran
16 years ago
lzrddr, great shots....thank you for posting.
I gree with paracelsus... the last post if my favorite one.