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Aloes in flower

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I was delighted to find buds on melanacantha and claviflora, both about 20 years from seed, for the first time.

Also bulbillifera for only the second time in about 20 years.

Must have been the hot summer.
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It's always exciting when plants flower for the first time, especially things you have nurtured for years. I had melanacantha for some years, but it never flowered, hope to see some pictures of yours.
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A. melanacantha -
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Bud on A. claviflora
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Aloe bakeri -
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Aloe perfoliata
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That's a lovely A. bakeri, Mike! I have a plant labelled A. bakeri with orange and yellow flowers, rather than bright yellow as yours.
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Yes, that A. bakeri is a good colour!
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Here's the bakeri flower close up -
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Here's my erinacea to show how close it is to melanancantha -
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Aloe claviflora -
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They all look lovely Mike, thanks for posting the photos.
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That A. bakeri flower reminds me a bit of the flower of Lachenalia aloides.
Except its the other way up. :grin:
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Re: Aloes in flower

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As I'm in Aloe mode I thought I would show you some of my seed grown Aloes -

Aloe branddraiensis -
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Aloe dichotoma -
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Various grass Aloes all sown this year other than Aloe boylei- modesta, myriacantha, kraussii, cooperi,chortolirioides, craibii and ecklonis.

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Aloe humilis (also in bud for the first time) -
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Aloe cryptopoda -
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Aloe karasbergensis -
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