General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Reddish orange
Flower Time: Year Round
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow seeds in sandy soil. Seeds germinate in a few weeks at temperatures between 68 and 75 degrees F. Seedlings need moist but well-drained soil.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Offsets
Other: Stems cut below a node root easily. Cut a stem that has gotten leggy, let it dry out for at least a few hours to form a seal on the cut surface. Place the cutting in rooting medium kept moist, but not wet, until roots form.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Aloe zubb x Aloe

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Common names
  • Aloe
Also sold as:
  • Little Gem

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-05-30
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Date: 2023-09-16
10 inch pot
Location: Baja California
Date: 2020-12-07
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-04-30
10 inch pot
Uploaded by mcvansoest
Location: Baja California
Date: 2018-04-12
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2019
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Date: 2014-06-06
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Location: Houston, Texas
Date: June 2020
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Location: Mesa, AZ.
Date: 2014-10-21
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-09-15
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Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Jun 27, 2022 11:10 PM concerning plant:
    Clumping aloe hybrid with leaves that turn a striking reddish orange color when stressed. Leaves are green under less stressful conditions, with elongated whitish spots on both upper and lower surfaces. Reddish orange flowers with yellowish mouths and interiors appear in capitate racemes on and off, year round. This is a great plant for color in the dry garden, especially given its tendency to flower during the summer, when other aloes do not. It is a hummingbird magnet even when other aloes are in bloom, but especially when they are not.

    This Cynthia Giddy hybrid from South Africa has as one of its parents Aloe zubb, an East African plant formerly known as Aloe sinkatana. Rooikappie is Afrikaans for little red riding hood.

    Distributed in 2004 as ISI 2004-13.

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