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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Karoo Aloe ( Aloe longistyla)

Family Asphodelaceae 
 An unusually shaped aloe growing along the road to Upington.
 It is about 40cm in height with flowers which seem too big and heavy for the stems.
For me it was the wrong time of year to go to the Karoo but I did manage to get pictures of many of the winter flowering variety such as this.