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Like Liked by 2 people. June 23, at How lovely that you can celebrate the days getting longer, while I start feeling a touch of dread at the shortening days here.
How wonderful to see it grow so happily and to bloom so beautifully. Well, I hope that you enjoy the summer months that still lie ahead, even with the shortening days. I wonder what may induce your potted aloe to flower.
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June 27, at 2: June 22, at 3: We have the Kranz but not the Fence. I must make inquiries. Super shot of the Double Collared. June 22, at 9: A fine celebration in aloes, Carol. That yellow fence aloe is stunning. I was surprised to learn how many places aloes are grown, but you do have a gorgeous array of plants that thrive where you are. June 22, at 7: June 22, at 6: That was interesting as these plants are pretty much unknown here well, to me anyway.
The photos that include appreciative animal and bird life are particularly lovely. June 22, at 4: I am interested in the change of name you mention for the Aloe tenuoir. Apparently the tree aloes now also have a separate genus. Nice to think of the aloes blooming across the country. June 22, at 2: June 22, at 1: June 21, at Quite an attractive array of aloes. I really like the fence aloe.
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And as your days begin to grow longer and gradually warmer, ours grow shorter and eventually cooler. Yes, when I wrote the post I was mindful of the opposite prospects for the northern half of the globe. But you do still have the best of summer to enjoy. June 27, at 1: You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account.
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Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. From mountains to gardens: Processionary caterpillars in our suburban garden: A Streaky-headed Seedeater, in the glare of the midday sun, attracted to our garden to eat the flowers of the Fence Aloe In this close-up of Fence Aloe flowers are two kinds of pollinator, a honeybee on the left, and on the right a tiny bee that is native to southern and eastern Africa I spent some time trying to identify the tiny pollinator in the photo above.
With some support it can grow to a height of about 3 metres Rather more showy, is the Krantz Aloe Aloe arborescens. The Krantz Aloe flowers abundantly, its flowers making a cheerful show brightening up even chilly winter days The robust and fast growing Krantz Aloe is often grown as a hedge, traditionally around domestic stock enclosures This South African aloe is cultivated across the world.
Orange is the most common colour, but a yellow form is also found Many aloe plants are known for their medicinal properties. Author archive Author website. Zoomology June 26, at Suzette van der Merwe June 26, at 8: Fotohabitate June 24, at 6: Sandra June 23, at Beautiful shots, Carol, and fascinating information as always.
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Gunta June 23, at Gunta June 27, at 2: Arkenaten June 22, at 3: Hope you manage to find a Fence Aloe. Tish Farrell June 22, at 9: The Double Collared Sunbird is just wonderful with its iridescent colours. Yes it is a particularly gorgeous little bird. Anne June 22, at 4: Eliza Waters June 22, at 2: Such gorgeous flowers — your photos are wonderful, Carol!
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Sure to cheer up the dreariest of winter days! Yes, there are many warm days ahead of us. Graham June 21, at Very nice photos as always, especially the sunbird and bees. It was also used to keep food cool, its porous bark allowing it to be hollowed out to store water, meat and vegetables inside, as well as to allow a cool draught to pass through. As the Bantu migrated southward, new relationships with the aloe were introduced. Aloe arborescens was and still is planted around Zulu kraals to form a live fence, one that never dies and requires minimal upkeep.
The remains of many of these old domestic animal pens can be seen years after they have been deserted because the aloes mark the site. The Xhosa people use similar decoctions of Aloe arborescens for stomach aches and add them to chicken and cattle drinking water to prevent them from getting sick. They use the bitter sap of Aloe ferox, called iKhala, to wean their babies — by rubbing the bitter gel on nipples. Dutch sailors had periodically taken aloes from South Africa to Amsterdam in the 17th century.
One such species, Aloe succotrina, provided a source of mystery for more than years. Botanists formed the theory that it came from Socotra Island off the Somaliland coast. One day in , botanist Dr Rudolf Marloth solved the mystery. As he was climbing Table Mountain he stumbled on a cluster of the species. The magnificent Aloe marlothii mountain aloe is also named after him. The Dutch probably accumulated pre-existing knowledge of aloe use in the 17th and 18th centuries, through contact with the indigenous inhabitants.
Aloe ferox was cultivated by many farmers in the Riversdale district in the s, but its use as a purgative goes back years before that. While the Dutch passed down its use, the arrival of the 19th-century naturalists from Europe meant that species were named according to the scientific binomial method.
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He collected and described many of the plant groups in the Eastern Cape region, such as the sedges, woody trees and shrubs. Burchell was an explorer, naturalist, traveller and pre-eminent artist after whom many species were named. Today Aloe dichotoma serves as a red flag for an environmental threat.
Wendy Foden, a researcher at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, reported that quiver trees are in the early stage of poleward range shift.