Comments on: A Winter Explosion of Aloes at the Aloe Farm https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/ An American in Quirky Johannesburg Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-173870 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:52:21 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-173870 In reply to frankieford.

That’s beautiful.

]]> By: frankieford https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-173868 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:48:25 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-173868 I love aloes. About 8-10 years ago, I collected seeds from an aloe marlothii in the garden of an old house in Pretoria. The owners said the aloe was more than 100 years old (dated by an old photograph). About 50 seeds germinated and the plants are right now flowering on my brothers’ farm.

https://pza.sanbi.org/aloe-marlothii

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-173867 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:42:07 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-173867 In reply to frankieford.

So cool! Thanks for confirming my hypothesis 🙂

]]> By: frankieford https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-173864 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:20:01 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-173864 You write: Look closely and you’ll see what appears to be a tiny orange knee pad on the bee’s leg. I noticed a lot of the bees had these…I wonder if it’s aloe pollen? Speculation or actual scientific facts are welcome.

Yes, it is pollen.

More info:
A single bee can bring back a pollen load that weighs about 35% of the bee’s body weight. Bees carry this pollen on their hind legs on specialized structures commonly called “pollen baskets,” or corbicula.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN868

]]> By: Tania de Beer https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-173648 Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:37:07 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-173648 The Aloe Ferox plant is a specific aloe species, also known as the bitter aloe or Cape Aloe.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-172582 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 04:14:18 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-172582 In reply to AutumnAshbough.

Yeah. I just woke up and it’s 40 degrees. But next week the weather says we’ll be below freezing ????

]]> By: AutumnAshbough https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-172564 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:00:04 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-172564 Below freezing? Really? I thought the climate was similar to SoCal and we rarely ever get to freezing. That is brutal without insulation.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-172559 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:43:37 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-172559 In reply to Albert.

Oh yes, I might have seen something about that on their website.

]]> By: Albert https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-172557 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:36:22 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-172557 Apparently they recently won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show for one of their plants.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-172554 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:11:45 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-172554 In reply to Highveld Girl.

Love the Eastern Cape aloes!

]]> By: Highveld Girl https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-172553 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:10:00 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-172553 Your post is always appreciated. Highveld winters are a great pleasure, the light, brown grasses, aloes… An early evening drive to the Eastern Cape also excites with bright red candelabra aloes and the setting sun.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2023/06/13/a-winter-explosion-of-aloes-at-the-aloe-farm/#comment-172552 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:46:28 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=37644#comment-172552 In reply to Barend van der Merwe.

Thanks so much, Barend.

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