Aloe cryptopodaBaker
Aloe wickensiivar.wickensii , Аloe wickensiivar.lutea
family line : AsphodelaceaeSubfamily : AsphodeloideaeGenus : Aloe
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Aloe cryptopodais a beautiful succulent with a outstanding show in full bloom . It can grow nongregarious or in a belittled group of rosette , usually stemless or with a short , out of sight , recumbent stem . The leaves are narrow , measuring up to 3 feet ( 90 centimetre ) long and 6 inch ( 15 atomic number 96 ) widely . They are grayish - green with reddish - brownish teeth along the margins .
The inflorescences are erect , ramous panicle that bear up to 8 conelike , dumbly flowered racemes , more or less uncolored vermilion . They can produce up to 5.7 human foot ( 1.75 m ) improbable . The flowers are cylindrical , somewhat trigonous , and seem in winter , measuring up to 1.6 inches ( 4 cm ) long . They are promising reddened to reddish , greenish - tipped in the bud , with the upper one-half wrick yellowish when fully open .
USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
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Aloes are very absolvitory industrial plant . However , as with all succulents , Aloe must never be allowed to sit in stagnant water , and the plant should be cautiously monitored to watch for signs ofoverwatering .
These succulents are not specially tight - growing and will only rarely necessitate repotting . However , repotAloes tumble over their pots or have ceased growing in the spring . Use a tight - draining potting mix with one - third guts or pebble . When repotting a bigger plant , dividing the root ball carefully is possible . Some mixed bag ofAloewill beam off counterbalance that can be pot severally .
Aloeplants need strong , bright light . They can hold out full summer Lord’s Day once acclimated . In the winter , ply burnished light . It prefer warmer temperatures of 70 to 80 ° F ( 21 to 27 ° 100 ) but will hold out down to 40 ° F ( 4.5 ° vitamin C ) . Feed with a succulent fertilizer in the summer only . debar fertilize in the winter as the works goes sleeping .
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Aloe cryptopodais aboriginal toSouth Africa , Swaziland , Mozambique , andMalawi .
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