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Aloe excelsa

This is one of the larger non-branching tree aloes... makes a nice, tall tree eventually with long, arching green leaves. Most adult plants have smooth leaves, but some maintain the leaf spines typical of immature plants. Some well treated plants can have quite large, healthy leaves, though. Color of flowers variable - usually reddish, but can be orange, yellow and even white. Flowers are typically flatted downward on racemes and at slight angles, making them distingishable from Aloe ferox flowers which intially look very similar (plant does, too). Aloe ferox racemes are usually much longer and perfectly erect, without a slight slant or without the markedly flattened flowers. Aloe excelsa flowers usually bloom in late winter and are always spectacular.

My smaller plant looks a lot like several other tree aloes, including Aloe marlothii and Aloe ferox.

From Zimbavwe Africa and not endangered.