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A Spiral Aloe in our Midst
A very nice gentleman approached me one day in June while I was at work in the nursery. "Who wants a spiral aloe?" says he..not knowing who was within earshot. I immediately said that I would. He was just joking but it turned out that he and his wife had a large spiral aloe at their home in the Seattle area for the past 4 years...and it was ready to bloom. Giselle and I went out to see the plant and here are some pictures. It was in beautiful shape and the flowers far chunkier than I expected. We also learned that the aloe came from our own Jerry Addington.
Spiral aloe, or Aloe polyphylla is native to the high Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. It grows in basalt crevices on eastern facing slopes at about 6,000 feet. It can be found with clockwise or counter-clockwise spiraling. Because of harvesting for collectors and overgrazing by cattle, Aloe polyphylla is rare and now endangered.
photos courtesy of
Jean Clements-Macak, all rights reserved
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