I second Bob's comment about the teeth on A. deserti- very sharp bite. I rarely get bloodied working with my Aloes but did today whi...Read Morele transplanting my plant. It's grown well for me, fairly fast, seems reasonably hardy- I'm in zone 9a (Sonoma). Mine is in a container, and I have only covered during very cold-wet periods if at all. Reminds me somewhat of A. macrosiphon (also from that region) with its glossy spotted green leaves with some red hints per weather. Mine has never bloomed yet, just up-potted from a 1g to a 2g because the can was tipping over.
Prominently spotted Tanzanian plant that tends to form small, sparsely suckering, sprawling colonies with stiff, plastic-like rosettes le...Read Moress than or about a foot in diameter. Very sharp teeth along the margins. Leaves a dark, forest green. Flowers have a unique characteristic of having conical pendant racemes that become erect/upright as flowers mature and open (pinkish). Very rare, but exists here and there in cultivation.
I second Bob's comment about the teeth on A. deserti- very sharp bite. I rarely get bloodied working with my Aloes but did today whi...Read More
Prominently spotted Tanzanian plant that tends to form small, sparsely suckering, sprawling colonies with stiff, plastic-like rosettes le...Read More