8/4/2023 0 Comments Maidens quiver tree![]() ![]() Pest & diseases: Incorrect watering, poor drainage or too much shade can lead to attack by pests and diseases. Watering: When growing this Aloe, one must be careful not to overwater. Use preferably a cacti and succulents fertilizer with high potassium content including all micro nutrients and trace elements or slow release fertilizer.Įxposure: It can tolerate moderate shade, and a plant that has been growing in shade should be slowly hardened off before placing it in full sun as the plant will be severely scorched if moved too suddenly from shade into sun. Potting: It is best suited to being grown in a pot around here so that it has excellent drainage.įertilization: Need a perfect fertilizer diet in summer. Soil: Always use a good quality, loamy sandy soil with plenty of drainage chips at the bottom of containers. They are long lived plants and once established, they will be content in their position and with their soil for years. Growing rate: They grow slowly, but not agonisingly so – being able to increase their height by 10 - 20 cm per year under favourable conditions. Like its closest relative, Aloe dichotoma, it has a very old and almost stressed appearance making this an excellent and sought-after container plant or wonderful landscape specimens in the garden, although it doesn't make a trunk. 410: AloeĬultivation and Propagation: Winter grower, it is sometimes a tricky grower and prone to rot. White: "Aloaceae in der Flora of Northern America" Volume 26, S. Smith, Braam Van Wyk "Aloes in Southern Africa" Struik, 01/set/2008ĩ) Barbara Jeppe "South African aloes" Purnell, 1974ġ0) Moran, R. Hardy "Aloes of the South African veld" Voortrekkerpers, 1971Ħ) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs: An Essential Guide to Trees and Shrubs of the World" MobileReference, 2008ħ) Urs Eggli "Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons" Springer, 17/lug/2001Ĩ) Gideon F. van Wyk: "A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Crouch, Estrela Figueiredo, Nina Ronsted, Abraham E. The definitive guide." Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011ģ) Braam Van Wyk, Piet Van Wyk "Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa" Struik, 1997Ĥ) Olwen Megan Grace, Ronell R. Seeds: Narrow, winged, up to about 30 x 18 mm.īibliography: Major references and further lecturesġ) Court, D., "Succulent Flora of Southern Africa" Cape Town: Struik Nature 2010Ģ) Susan Carter, John J. The margins have narrow edges with small brownish teeth base encircling the stem.įlowers: Bright yellow, comparatively large, tubular, conspicuous, swollen, fleshy on a usually 3-branched short inflorescence, up to 200 mm long.īlooming season: Winter: Definitely slow to flower, like Aloe dichotoma, takes quite awhile before it blooms, the first flower will be produced when plants gets 1-1,5 m of height (about 10 to 15 old).įruits: Shiny and smooth dry capsule that split into three, remaining fused at the base. ![]() The leaf colour is glaucous-green or yellowish green, often with a pinkish tinge. Leaves: The branches end in small rosettes of fleshy, oblong leaves, each up to 200 mm long and 20 mm wide at the base. The plants tends to be longer-stemmed and less branched in more arid areas. The trunk is normally very short smooth and covered with strips of satiny, waxy, powdery silver-pink-brown coloured bark, which acts as a sunscreen in the harsh climate. ![]() Branching continues as the plant becomes older, resulting in a dense, almost spherical shrub. This is the only significant difference between A. Stems: As mentioned before, this aloe forms many branches from the ground level. Other than this low branching habit and usually smaller leaf size, it is virtually identical to Aloe dichotoma, and some consider it a subspecies of A. It will form a succulent bush up to 1,2(-1,8) m tall and wide. Description: It is a slow growing tree (shrub) type aloe known for its many branches and smooth, white stems, and without a doubt the most profusely branched of all aloes. ![]()
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