Aloe argenticauda
Observed by Alex Dreyer on 7th April 2009
(Added to iSpot on 25th May 2012)
Location: Farm Urikos, Maltahohe, Namibia
Other observations of Aloe argenticauda
Comments
Thanks ..
8 October 2012 - 1:22pm — Derek Tribble
Thanks for the fourth photo and extra pixels. The flowers are not really open, but the buds look worryingly red. Perhaps this is just the widespread A. hereroensis with unmarked leaves.
Best wishes,
Derek Tribble
London, UK
Aloe viridiflora vs A. argenticauda
I agree that the third photo is not A. argenticauda since it has multi-branched inflorescence. I have uploaded a higher res version of the third photo as a fourth photo. From this it is clear that the flowers are reddish (and not green). This implies that this is probably A. hereroensis rather than A. viridiflora since A. viridiflora has green to lemon-yellow flowers. A. viridiflora occurs closer to Windhoek. I will move photos 3 and 4 to a new observation as A. hereroensis.
The first two photos were taken of the same plant. I am fairly certain that is A. argenticauda. Note the dried remains of single spike-like inflorescences in the foreground of photo 1.
Alex Dreyer
www.kyffhauser.co.za