5 Aloe haemanthifolia Seeds - RARE - Indigenous

Aloe haemanthifolia Seeds

Aloe haemanthifolia cannot be confused with another specie, although the leaves can be compared with Aloe plicatilis, which is a small tree with a trunk and branches. Aloe haemanthifolia received its specie name from the similiarity of its leaves to a bulb genus called Haemanthus. It is considered critically rare. Aloe haemanthifolia is found in the mountains of the south-western Cape from stellenbosch in the south to Ceres in the North. It can be found on mountain peaks and south facing rocky slopes, mostly in crevices of cliffs which also gives it the necessary protection against anybody who would like one. The distribution area occurs in a high winter rainfall area. Aloe haemanthifolia is stemless and forms up to twenty rosettes that have a fan-like shape. Leaves are broad and long, strap-shaped, up to 200mm in length and 80mm wide. Leaves are bright green in colour with no blemishes on the leaf surfaces, leaf margins are pinkish in colour. Leaf bases are sheating and they overlap one another. The orange-red or scarlet flowers are borne on a head-shaped raceme that can be up to 500mm in height. Flowers are tubular and slightly club-shaped. Flowering occurs mainly in October but they occasionally flower in September through to December.