Aloe ‘Firecracker’ | KG hybrid aloe
€10,60
Aloe ‘Firecracker’ — Firecracker Aloe
🌱 Morphology
A small, compact hybrid that forms upright rosettes, about 15 cm tall and 16 cm in diameter, and produces offsets from the base to form clusters. Its triangular, fleshy, and pointed leaves have a rough surface covered in numerous bumps. White spots appear against a green background, and the bumps take on intense orange, red, and scarlet tones in bright light, while the serrated margins also color red. The patent describes it as a moderate-growing aloe with approximately 12–14 leaves per rosette.
🌍 Distribution, habitat, and family
It is a horticultural hybrid created by Kelly Griffin for Altman Specialty Plants. The cross was performed in December 2016 in Vista, California, and the plant was selected in June 2017. Its genealogy is documented: female parent Aloe ‘Pink Blush’ × male parent, a hybrid seedling derived from Aloe divaricata × Aloe intermedia × Aloe ‘Pink Blush’. It was patented as USPP 33,031 in 2021. It has no natural distribution of its own. It belongs to the Asphodelaceae family, Alooideae tribe, and Aloe genus.
❄️ Temperature — USDA 10
It tolerates minimum temperatures down to 0 ºC. The patent documents tolerance roughly between 0 and 35 ºC, while Altman recommends protecting it from frost.
☀️ Lighting
During growth, a DLI PAR of 20–30 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹ is recommended. High radiation is essential for the bumps to develop their intense orange and red tones and to keep the rosette compact. It tolerates direct sun and bright partial shade, always with good ventilation. In Madrid, it is advisable to acclimate it gradually to intense summer sun.
💧 Growth cycle and irrigation
Opportunistic. It is recommended to water abundantly when the substrate is completely dry, allowing it to drain fully before the next watering. Its activity can be maintained as long as temperatures are favorable, reducing watering during episodes of extreme heat or cold. The response to water and radiation significantly influences the intensity of its coloration.
🌸 Flowering
It produces inflorescences of about 32 cm, generally sparsely branched, with tubular flowers that are intense red on the outside and yellow on the inside, with greenish tips. And here we have an exceptionally well-documented detail: it is ever-blooming, with 3–4 flowering cycles per year in Southern California. The patent also indicates an approximate flower duration of a month and a half.
🌿 Nutrition
During the active growth period, Desert CHOICE® Aloes, Haworthias & Co. is recommended, with high potassium and bio-assimilable calcium content. It is applied with irrigation, reducing or suspending fertilization during periods of lower activity.
9x9 cm gourmet black pot
This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a technological square pot, with the substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.
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