Aloe longistyla

[GreekDesert]

Aloe longistyla

[Geoff]

Solitary to suckering, stemless, South African aloe about 5" tall and heavily spotted. Colors of leaves forest green to pale blue or bluish-green. Leaves straight and tapering to a point. Have lots of long, but not super sharp teeth along leaf margins and backs of leaves. Looks a bit like a thick-leaved Aloe humilis. Flowers in winter are on very short, thick pedicles (barely above the leaf tips) and solitary (sometimes two separate flowers at a time). Flowers themselves very compact and deep orange to salmon red with their stamens sticking way out of the floral mouths. Cold hardy down to nearly 20F (mine flowered in winter in Acton when was 20F and had few signs of cold damage)

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Aloe longystyla nice huge cheap intercity mine 8-11.jpg (74.07 KiB) Viewed 2101 times

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Aloe longistyla flower getting near end 2-08.jpg (110.3 KiB) Viewed 2101 times

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Aloe longistyla fully bloomed 2-08.jpg (126.56 KiB) Viewed 2101 times

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Aloe longistyla flower in Acton 3-13.jpg (60.96 KiB) Viewed 2101 times

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All above are plants in my collection

[Geoff]

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Aloe longistyla flowering, Sternberg, Feb.jpg (179.35 KiB) Viewed 2101 times

[mickthecactus]

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[mickthecactus]

In bud for the first time.

[mickthecactus]

Unfortunately it aborted and didn't bud up last year. Fingers crossed for this year.