Aloe arborescens

December 3, 2009

Aloe arborescens is such a celebrity among the aloe, is one of the most commonly grown species in the world. I remember my grandmother's windowsill, where she had this alojku in several copies .... "" That is a lot of healing "he said to me, fighting a burned finger juice from the leaves. And she was right Aloe arborescens and the healing effects or diminish the fact that it is often confused with aloe vera. Interestingly, as a grower and alojka looks different. Some plants have leaves with a plume on the bare trunk, someone's style rather than a broom succulent bonsai, plant and someone leaves their fate. Then may one day be a great surprise when you begin to create a potted tree quite interesting with a huge trunk. Well, after all, also named arborescens, which means "tree".

Plants produce large, highly branched shrubs or trees, approximately two meters high. The top rosette is composed of gray-green to green leaves sickle diameter 45 cm. The leaves are strongly twisted in and the wide spread. The edges have fixed indentations, which is either white or same color as the leaf. We may also see a form of soft-edged leaves. The inflorescence is up to 90 cm high, simple, rarely dividing into two parts. The flowers are scarlet, orange, pink or yellow.

Aloe arborescens occurrence begins in the Cape area, continues along the eastern coast of South Africa, through KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo province to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Aloe arborescens is the third most common genus Aloe species. It mainly mountainous areas, and occasionally the dense shrubby communities or open mountain ridges, and steep rock walls of positions at sea level to an altitude of nearly 2000 m.

Cultivation is not too demanding. The plant is very tolerant of growing spell disaster. Very good handle prolonged drought, waterlogging or not. In the location box, always choose a sunny location. In the absence of light the plants pull, arborizing loses its appearance and become puny. Letnění is very beneficial to the position with morning sun and the diffuse light.