Isn’t it a beauty? (The plant of course !) |
Back side of the plant. |
The plant alone
| Aloe karasbergensis (Pillans) is a aloe which is related to A.striata and A.buhrii,
the leaves are soft and more curved and striated. The plant is about 1 metre as you can see.
This photo was taken on October 8,1996, south of the richtersveld.
It flowers from January to March and the flowers vary from pinkish-red to orange and the leaves
are bright blue/green and soft. This species is distributed from the Nothern Cape to South-Namibia and grows in the most arid regions of South Africa, but in cultivation it tolerate more water. On sand flats it forms clusters but mostly it grows solitary.
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