€15,90

🌱 Morphology

 It is one of the smallest Aloes. It has practically no stem and forms compact rosettes about 7–15 cm tall and up to about 20 cm in diameter, which produce numerous offsets and eventually form dense colonies. Its leaves are short, lanceolate, highly acuminate and incurved, and bluish-green or grey-green in colour. Its most distinctive feature is its surface covered with small tubercles or soft whitish spines, especially on the underside, and its toothed margins with soft white teeth.

🌍 Distribution, habitat and family

It is endemic to South Africa, with a distribution from the Little Karoo to the Eastern Cape, including areas near Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Somerset East and Grahamstown. It grows on rocky slopes, in dry scrubland and renosterveld, often among rocks or under the protection of bushes, on well-drained soils, even clay soils. It belongs to the Asphodelaceae family.

❄️ Temperature

USDA 9b It is one of the relatively cold-hardy dwarf Aloes and can occasionally withstand temperatures close to −4 °C when dry, but when kept in a pot, we recommend keeping it above 5 °C and avoiding the combination of cold, dampness and wet substrate.

☀️ Lighting

During growth, 20–30 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹ of DLI PAR. It tolerates and benefits from plenty of light, which keeps its rosettes compact and highlights its grey-blue tone and white tubercles. In Madrid, it should be gradually acclimated to direct sunlight and protected from the most intense summer sun if it is in a small pot.

💧 Growth cycle

Opportunistic, although it comes from a region with marked seasonality and may slow down during periods of heat and drought. In cultivation, it can grow at different times of the year if it has moderate temperatures and water. Water abundantly and allow the substrate to dry out completely before watering again. In winter, especially at low temperatures, water very infrequently.

🌸 Flowering

It produces simple, erect, unbranched racemes about 25–45 cm long, with tubular, drooping flowers from scarlet red to orange-red, exceptionally orange. In Madrid, flowering usually occurs approximately from February to May, although it may vary depending on growing conditions.

🌿 Nutrition

Fertilise during growth periods with Desert CHOICE® Aloes, Haworthia & Co., providing extra calcium and potassium without forcing excessively rapid growth. Reduce or suspend fertilising during cold periods or periods of severe growth slowdown.

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a technological square pot with substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.

📏 The sizes of our basic collection xerophytes are as follows:

S -> 9cm x 9cm

* As this is an online purchase, the appearance of the specimen sent may vary slightly from the product image. The photo description specifies the plant's measurements, but these may also vary slightly because it is a living thing! Each of the plants at Desert CITY has unique characteristics.

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