Aloe cryptopoda & Aloe wickensii from South Africa |
Aloe cryptopoda and Aloe wickensii is now placed together as Aloe cryptopoda |
| Aloe cryptopoda is a stemless suculent aloe plant with a large neat dense rosette, ideal for the water saving garden. | |
| This aloe is usually a solitary plant. The long leaves of Aloe cryptopoda have margins of fine dark brown teeth. | |
| The flowers of Aloe cryptopoda ripen slowly and remain for a long time on the raceme. It is the longest flowering aloe in our garden. Flowering starts in late autumn/early winter. The color of the flowers vary from dark red to yellow. | |
| The cone shaped raceme of Aloe cryptopoda is large and the color of the flowers can be solid or bi-color. | |
| seeds are available of all color forms | |
| This aloe resembles A. lutescens. The main difference for the layman is the long slender raceme of A.lutescens and unlike most cryptopoda plants, Aloe lutescens forms offsets. | |
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click for Aloe cryptopoda hybrids below |
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Aloe cryptopoda is an elegant plant. photo below right; Close-up of the flowers, colors can be different shades of red, orange and there is a yellow form. |
| A.cryptopoda rarely sends out offshoots which may be a pity, but the advantage is very little maintenance is needed to keep this aloe neat. |
| Aloes are succulent plants, also known as fatplants. Given the right conditions they can be grown as a houseplant or as a potplant in the garden or greenhouse. |
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| above:- Aloe cryptopoda plant dark red flowers opening cream young plant | ||
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| The Aloe
cryptopoda hybrids are lovely and easy garden plants. The main difference is that it
produces offshoots readily. Hybrid left bi-color red/yellow Hybrid right bi-color orange/ yellow-cream |
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