After I took the photo I realized how much the scene changed.
Seeing it every day it seems to be the same.
The aloes are Aloe gerstneri in front and you need to look close to
see Aloe speciosa behind.
Photo above was taken January 2007
Photo below was taken January 2010
Aloe gerstneri blooms in summer and Aloe speciosa in winter.
The photo bellow is to show Aloe speciosa in bloom, winter July
2009. The angle of this photo is slightly different. There are
still two Aloe gerstneri plants, the second one is behind the
first one. The toppled plum tree can be seen in the background
with only a few yellow leaves on it.
The winter growing mesemb on the left is now bright
green.
Photo below of Aloe speciosa was taken 1Aug. 2010.
In fact I went and took this photo a few minutes ago.
Those flower racemes are at least 50 cm high and there
are three!
Below:- Aloe speciosa from the side showing the tilted
rosette facing north which is the rule for this aloe species.
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