Aloe andongensis
Category: Small to Medium Clumping Aloes
USDA Hardiness Zones: 9a - 10b
Overview
One of the more attractive slender-stemmed, branching shrubby aloes. Aloe andongensis is a small to medium, suckering, shrubby Angolan aloe with neat rosettes only about 6 inches in diameter and lots of eye-catching white dots. Aloe andongensis has closely spaced teeth and is always spic and span in appearance.Description
Aloe andongensis prolifically offsets, producing relatively weak branches that can lay on the ground or hang. Leaves are bright green, usually mottled in rosettes up to 5 inches in diameter (usually smaller), stiff and fairly flat. The leaves are relatively small, lanceolate, up to 10 inches (25 cm) long, with light spots and margins armed with sharp, light-green teeth. Newest leaves are a bit yellow-emerald-green and really look great. The leaves vary from unspotted to heavily spotted, the spots are more numerous under the leaf. The rosettes are stemless and grow up to 20 inches (50 cm) in height. Aloe andongensis has several erect or oblique leafy stems
Flowering
The inflorescence usually consists of up to 3 branches which support gorgeous looking flowers. The inflorescence is up to 16 inches (40 cm) tall. The racemes are orange-scarlet and are attractively subcapitate with the buds spreading horizontally. Flowers are reddish-orange tapering to yellow.Origin / History
From Pungo Andongo in the Cuanzo Norte district of Angola.Care / Cultivation
Provide light shade, or filtered light and allow ground to dry between waterings.Frost Tenderness
Will withstand light frostUse in the Garden
This plant would work has a feature in any garden as a result of its tropical appearance.Read about more Aloes that can be used as a focal points in your garden.
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- https://www.agaveville.org/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=569
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- https://worldofsucculents.com/aloe-andongensis/
- https://www.succulents.co.za/aloes/aloe_andongensis.shtml
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