Aloe meyeri Van Jaarsv.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Aloe

Characteristics

Plants pendent; stems simple or branched. Leaves in an elongated rosette ±300 mm long; spreading to erect, not recurved, lanceolate, 130-200 x 30-40 mm, dull green, sometimes tinged reddish brown. Inflorescence a simple, rarely branched, dense, capitate raceme, 150-250 mm long; peduncle reflexed, with sterile bracts; bracts ±5 x 2-3 mm, 3-nerved. Flowers orange-red, tipped green, 20-23 mm long; all segments free; pedicels 17-20 mm long. Anthers exserted up to 3 mm. Ovary ±4-5 x 2 mm, green; style exserted up to 3 mm. Fruit not seen.
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Pendulous, with stem up to 1 m long, branching from base or forming off-shoots along length of stem. Leaves blue-green, up to 300 mm long, erectly spreading, dry leaves soon dropping, margins with small, white teeth. Flowers in unbranched, capitate, upcurved panicles, reddish orange with green tips.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Soil texture 7-8
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Aloe meyeri unspecified picture

Distribution

Aloe meyeri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:896883-1
WFO ID wfo-0000758481
COL ID 65WGG
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Synonyms

Aloe richtersveldensis Aloe meyeri