How to grow Tiger Aloe

Aloe variegata

If growing in a pot this plant should be re-potted every three years. Propagation is easiest by separating off shoots from the mother plant. However, flowers are produced frequently in maturity, and seeds may be harvested, which germinate and grow quickly.

Growing Tiger aloe from seed

Aloes are quick to germinate, and fresh seeds show high germination rates. Surface sow on well-draining seed compost, cover with a layer of perlite, and keep covered/humid until germination.

Soil temperature should be kept higher than 20°C / 68°F to ensure good germination.

Seed Saving Tiger aloe

Seed pods will burst when ripe, so take care to be vigilant so as to catch the seeds. Some people tie an empty teabag or small plastic bag around the seedpods before they burst, to collect the seeds that way.

How long does Tiger aloe take to grow?

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Tiger aloe Etymology

Old English alewe “fragrant resin of an East Indian tree,” a Biblical usage, from Latin aloe, from Greek aloe, translating Hebrew ahalim (plural, perhaps ultimately from a Dravidian language).

The Greek word probably was chosen for resemblance of sound to the Hebrew, because the Greek and Latin words referred originally to a genus of plants with spiky flowers and bitter juice, used as a purgative drug, a sense which appeared in English late 14c. The word was then misapplied to the American agave plant in 1680s. The “true aloe” consequently is called aloe vera.

Other names for Tiger aloe

Partridge-breasted aloe

Misspellings: Partridge Breasted, Pheasant Breasted, Partridge Aloe

Footnotes

2 :The South African Gardener’s Survival Manual, by Ann Bonar; First published 1985


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