ALOE RUPESTRIS - 20 SEEDS

Aloe rupestris plants usually stand tall on single-stemmed trunks 4–6 m tall, but can reach heights of over 8 m, when the specimen grows in and amongst other shrubs that offer structural support. Smooth, dull green leaves are simple, lance-like, spreading to carried vertically where it somewhat droops towards the tips. The leaves are grooved to form a U-shape in cross section. Leaf margins are lined with reddish brown, serrated teeth.

The candelabrum inflorescence grows above the rosette of leaves. Flower stems form from the growth point or at the base of leaves toward the top, and carry a branched inflorescence of up to 18 flat-topped, cylindrical flowerheads, each made up of many tightly packed yellow to brownish orange flowers that have bright reddish orange stamens protruding from the mouths. It flowers in late winter to early spring.The seed capsules split in three; seeds are ripe when the seed capsule naturally opens to release seeds