aloe mitriformis habitat blog

Aloes in their habitat with photos

Aloes in their habitat look quite different to the aloes in the garden, but that is to be expected as the same aloe can look different in the garden as well. The maculated aloes are a very good example. Their leaves stretch longer when they receive ample water and given some shade the leaves will fold open and lie nearly flat.

It is exciting to see aloes in their natural habitat. This is their niche. They have adjusted for thousands of years to fit into that habitat, but then a nagging thought also reminds me that they are vulnerable after all those years, their future is now in the hands of man.


photo left:- Aloe mitriformis in habitat, early winter.
photo right:- The same aloe group on the left behind Rudi in bloom, in the summer.
These aloes grow in a wide habitat. This photo was taken on the Versfeld mountain range. On this spot they grow only on the one slope of the ravine facing in a westerly direction. Not on any other side of the mountain, over the top or on the opposite slope of the ravine. We saw a few young aloes, whether that is enough to ensure the future of Aloe mitriformis in this this habitat, we could not tell.

Aloe mitriformis in the garden. It is grown hard without water in our dry summer. Our rainfall is in the winter, which is the same as in the habitat of Aloe mitriformis.

Aloe blog's entries
1 aloe garden hobby	10 A quick stop at the Karoo Botanical Garden
2 meet an aloe	11 Aloe framesii in bloom for the last time?
3 aloe winter garden	12 Aloe ferox in habitat
4 drought no problem	13 Aloe hereroensis Namibia
5 Aloe glauca vs. Aloe lineata	14 Aloe melanacantha Namaqualand
6 aloe hobby in containers	15 aloe namibiasouth
7 Aloe mitriformis in habitat
8 Aloe haemanthifolia in habitat with proteas
9 Aloe comptonii in the picturesque Kogmanspass

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