Aloe mawii on Mount Yokolo, Ancuabe District of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. About 500 m.a.s. Plants are of the short stemmed type, so typical of low altitudes in Mozambique.
Known in gardening as Tilt-head Aloe as it tends to tilt toward the sun. Native to South Africa where it is known as Spaansaalwyn. Photo from a garden in Goleta, California.
The leaves are 50-70 cm long, pendulous, with very tiny teeth only at the base of the leaves. Leaves are asymmetrical. Spotted at the base and sheaths.
Aloe polyphyllaSpiral aloe. From the high Maluti Mountains of Lesotho where it sometimes sees snow. Harvesting for specimen plants have devastated wild populations. The fact that the plant does not sucker but depends on seeds for propagation contributes to its rarity in the wild. Photographed at University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA.
Top part of the tall inflorescence of Aloe christianii. This picture was taken in its natural habitat, on the Makonde plateau of northern Mozambique (about 600 m.a.s.).