Aloe suprafoliata flowers

The Aloe suprafoliata perianths, the individual flowers in the raceme, the inflorescence, are narrowly cylindrical and about 2,5 cm long. The perianth colouring is rose pink to scarlet red. The perianth tips are dark in bluish green or grey, their margins cream.

The buds are held firmly together facing up, the open flowers nod on pedicels of about 2 cm. These pedicels elongate during the fruiting phase to about 3 cm when the pedicels also straighten again, pulling the withered flowers into erect positions as in the photo. This is how the fruit capsules will be positioned when they ripen and dehisce, releasing their seeds onto the wind in variable quantities over time. 

Silvery bracts subtend every flower. They are lance-shaped with acutely pointed tips and usually about as long as the pedicels (Van Wyk and Smith, 2003; Pooley, 1998; Reynolds, 1974; Jeppe, 1969; iNaturalist).