Aloe reitzii var. reitzii

Variety

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Characteristics

Plants usually solitary, stemless or with short procumbent stem, 600-900 mm tall excluding inflorescence. Leaves many, arcuate-erect, 400-650 x 85-120 mm, very shallowly channelled, glaucous to dull green, lower surface with few prickles in apical median line. Inflorescence of erect, very dense, cylindric-conical racemes, 2-6-branched, 1-1.3 m tall; bracts ovate-acute, 10-15 x 5-7 mm, many-nerved, reflexed. Flowers red above, lemon below, cylindric, arcuate-decurved, 32-50 mm long; mouth downturned; outer segments connate for 20-30 mm, inner segments free but dorsally adnate to outer in lower half; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Anthers exserted 2-10 mm. Ovary 5.0-9.0 x 1.5-4.0 mm, olive-green; style exserted 8-12 mm. Fruit ±25 x 14 mm.
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Succulent herb, acaulescent or with short, procumbent stems, up to 0.9 m high, excluding inflorescence. Bracts longer than 10 mm. Inflorescence usually with over 3 racemes, 1.0-1.3 m high. Pedicels shorter than 4 mm. Capsule longer than 20 mm. Flowers red above, lemon below.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 0.9
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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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Distribution

Aloe reitzii var. reitzii world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77170891-1
WFO ID wfo-0000773783
COL ID 5M5NP
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Aloe reitzii var. reitzii