Solitary to sometimes suckering stemless to short-stemmed (though potentially forming stems up to 6' tall) aloe with blue green thin leav...Read Morees with closely spaced, small, white, but not-too-stiff teeth along leaf margins. Plants hold a lot of leaves at one time. Cut leaves bleed a dark purple and are very staining to clothing. Flower red to red-orange mid winter on single racemes and look somewhat like Aloe arborescens flowers. South African native.
From limited personal experience, this is one of the least tolerant aloes for transplanting/mailing... have mail ordered three so far (along with many many other species) and all have perished (and no others have)... so not sure what the deal is, but seems more than coincidence (all three plants were from different sources).
I have several now from local nursery and they are quite easy plants once in a pot and growing. Have a lime green sap that turns purple when leaves cut. Moderately fast growing plants once established. So far all mine are solitary, but have seen a few suckering at arboretums.
Solitary to sometimes suckering stemless to short-stemmed (though potentially forming stems up to 6' tall) aloe with blue green thin leav...Read More