The same somaclonal variation that can be found in most tissue cultured plant crops, be they orchids, wheat or Aloes. The tissue cultured plants can vary quite markedly from the donor parent plants. These are selections of quite an extensive number of highly regarded and desirable South African Aloe hybrids created in South Africa.
I just don’t know how long that run is.Īt the moment in various countries including Australia they’re commercially producing “improved” Aloes using tissue culture or In-Vitro propagation. I am told by one reputable grower that in the long run, the tissue cultured plants will fully develop. When you buy this plant, know which you are buying, because the wow-factor is quite different between seedlings and tissue cultured plants. We just purchased over one hundred of Alan’s seedlings to offer for sale at Succulent Gardens. My conclusion, after watching these plants for about six years: if given the option, buy the seed propagated plants. Aloe polyphylla from seed develops a more defined spiral form at a much younger age. What I did not anticipate is how different the tissue cultured plants would be compared to the seed-grown plants. I now have several hundred plants approaching maturity and hope to have flowers in the next year or two then the fun can begin! I would then grow the plants to maturity, along with seedlings I had purchased from Alan and then cross-pollinate the different plants to produce seedlings of my own. When tissue cultured plants began to appear in the marketplace, I had this idea that I would buy plants from several different labs. Alan brought seed from South Africa for Aloe polyphylla many years ago, before this plant made the endangered species list, and has produced numerous seed crops over the years. I have had the good fortune to work with Alan Beverly, an expert in the understanding of this plant. Plants that might not come true from seed, or are not easy to propagate from cuttings are also good candidates for tissue culture. For plants that seldom flower, or require many years to reach flowering maturity, tissue culture is used to speed up the process. Tissue culture is the propagation of plants as “test tube babies” or cloning. Aloe polyphylla has become more readily available since the advent of tissue culturing difficult-to-propagate plants.
Plant comes fully established in pot.ĭue to quarantine restrictions, this item can only be shipped to areas within Western Australia (WA).There is a fair amount of information out there on this very special plant, sometimes referred to as Drakensburg Aloe (or more commonly Spiral Aloe) so I won’t go into all the details.
Pot is 50mm in diameter and 70mm in height (+ height of plant). Can be included as a central feature in a potted succulent garden.
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Happy in either a full sun or part shade position.Ī collector’s delight! They make a fabulous feature plant in a large pot on their own or in the garden. Large, salmon pink flowers appear on chunky inflorescences above the rosettes. Will begin to spiral once it is a couple to several years old.Īlthough relatively slow growing, rosettes can reach up to 60cm in diameter and height.įoliage is grey/blue to green in colour, and can appear slightly iridescent towards the centre of the rosette. Large, stemless rosettes with fleshy, pointed leaves that are famously known for their ability to overlap and spiral outwards.
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