A couple of Aloes in flower

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Re: A couple of Aloes in flower

Post by ralphrmartin » Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:06 am

And here's another Aloe which has put on a magnificent show of flowers this Xmas:

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Re: A couple of Aloes in flower

Post by juster » Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:41 am

That's doing really well Ralph and is much earlier than mine, which are just pushing up the flower spikes.
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Re: A couple of Aloes in flower

Post by Acid John » Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:15 pm

A rather tatty Aloe 'Hey Babe' in flower at the moment.
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Re: A couple of Aloes in flower

Post by ralphrmartin » Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:27 pm

Back to the A. ellenbeckii - it's interesting how the flower colour changes as the flowers open:
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Re: A couple of Aloes in flower

Post by edds » Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:38 pm

That's really nice Ralph.
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Re: A couple of Aloes in flower

Post by el48tel » Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:50 pm

ralphrmartin wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:27 pm
 Back to the A. ellenbeckii - it's interesting how the flower colour changes as the flowers open:

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO that's nice
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Re: A couple of Aloes in flower

Post by Herts Mike » Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:14 am

Great picture Ralph!
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