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Aloe speciosa the tree aloe that turns it's head
The size of the raceme is 43 cm long and 27 cm around. That is not remarkable for this species but it is very pretty on a young plant with a stem that is not over a meter high. The pink flowers shading to white with red is beautiful.
The aloe in the foreground is Aloe gerstnerii. Aloe speciosa starts off growing upright like any other aloe, but it soon turns the rosette sideways facing north.
Aloe speciosa blooming in the Karoo. This is a tree aloe. These plants would roughly measure between 3 and 5 meter in hight. The record is 6 meter.
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