Astroloba rubriflora(L.Bolus ) Gideon F.Sm . & J.C.Manning
Red - bloom Astroloba , Robertson Astroloba
Aloe rubriflora , Apicra rubriflora , Haworthia rubriflora , Poellnitzia rubriflora , Tulista rubriflora
Photo byCok Grootscholten
kin : AsphodelaceaeSubfamily : AsphodeloideaeGenus : Astroloba
The specific epithet " rubriflora(pronounced roo - bri - FLOR - uh ) " means " red - blossom " and touch on to the peculiarly - make , blood-red flowers with unripened tips .
Astroloba rubriflorais native toSouth Africa . It grows in rough karroid flat and scurvy hills in Robertson Karoo , Western Cape state .
Photo by Cok Grootscholten
Astroloba rubriflora , formerly get laid asPoellnitzia rubriflora , is a small , sprawling succulent with slender stem and sharply - luff , unremarkably four - ranked leaves in spirally arrange row . It produces commencement at and near the base . The stems are initially erect and become ascending as they grow , reaching 18 inches ( 45 cm ) in length . The leaves are dark-skinned green to glaucous green , coated with a waxy layer , and take on a dark-brown chromaticity when exposed to full Sunday . They are thick and stiff , with a concave or flavourless upper airfoil and a convex lower surface that is keeled toward the tip , measure out up to 1.6 inches ( 4 cm ) long , 0.8 inches ( 2 cm ) astray , and 0.2 inches ( 0.5 atomic number 96 ) thick . The keel and margins of the leaf are slightly rough .
The flowers are red to crimson - orange with dark greenish tips and seem commonly in summer in horizontal raceme on simple , slender stem that can originate 20 in ( 50 curium ) long . They are tubular and can touch up to 0.8 inches ( 2 cm ) long and 0.15 column inch ( 0.3 cm ) in diameter . The fruits are green , trilocular condensation that contain dark brown to disastrous germ .
USDA hardiness zone10b to 11b : from 35 ° F ( +1.7 ° speed of light ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
Photo by Cok Grootscholten
Astrolobaplants are more and more pop as succulent ornamentals due to the sinful smasher of their leafage structure . Some have intricate normal of melody , margins , spots , and raised tubercles on their leaves . Nearly all of them exhibit a crystal - like regularity in their leaf system . This is not always ostensible in wild plants , unremarkably blemish by their harsh habitat .
Astrolobas fly high best in cultivation when protectedfrom full Sunday . However , Theycan become remarkably beautiful and ornate in a semi - shade environment with extremely well - drain soil and gentle conditions .
Unfortunately , when conditions are not idealistic , episodic random leave of absence can die , shrivel up , and go brown all along their stem . This is unfortunate because , as explicate , plants ' knockout comes from their intricate , crystalline approach pattern . However , this disfigurement can be avoided by keeping the industrial plant in optimum , fertile conditions — growing steady and sheltered from focus .
Photo by Cok Grootscholten
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