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Aloe fimbrialis

Aloe fimbrialis
Photo: ScottBB321, CC BY-SA 4.0

Aloe fimbrialis is a rare, unusual succulent aloe from Zambia and possibly Tanzania that forms a small caudex and usually grows on termite mounds. Grow it as a fast-draining, sun-loving succulent kept dry between waterings.

Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings and reducing water in winter.
Soil
Very fast-draining cactus or succulent mix with added grit or pumice.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NW. Zambia (Barotseland)
Climate
subtropical

About

Aloe fimbrialis is a succulent plant species from Zambia and possibly Tanzania. A very unusual Aloe as it forms a caudex which can grow to five centimeters in diameter, the leaves grow up to ten centimeters long. The inflorescence can reach 90 centimeters in length and has coral-pink flowers. It usually grows on termite mounds. Aloe fimbrialis is a very rare aloe, first discovered in 1964 and formally described by Susan Carter Holmes in 1996 from a herbarium specimens. Graham Williamson rediscovered the species in 2002 on the border of Zambia and Angola, close to the source of the Zambezi River.

Other Aloe plants

Aloe aaata · Aloe aageodonta · Aloe abyssicola · Tent Cent Aloe · Spotted Aloe · African Aloe · White Grass Aloe · Aloe albiflora · Aldabra Aloe · Aloe ambigens · Aloe andongensis · Wylliespoort Aloe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aloe fimbrialis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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