Aloe suprafoliata inflorescence

Up to three simple, meaning unbranched racemes are usually produced by an Aloe suprafoliata plant in its flowering season. They may emerge about simultaneously from the leaf rosette. Four to six are rare, only seen on the most robust specimens.

The racemes are cylindrical to conical, narrowing to the top, sometimes only slightly, where the still closed buds cohere in compact fashion. As the flowers open, they sag down on their pedicels rather quickly to nod. There are very few flowers simultaneously pointing outwards or spreading in one raceme. Raceme dimensions are about 25 cm long and 10 cm in diameter.

The peduncles are flattened low down with sterile bracts spaced upon them, grading into floral bracts from the base of the inflorescence.

The blooming season is from late autumn to after midwinter (Van Wyk and Smith, 2003; Pooley, 1998; Reynolds, 1974; Jeppe, 1969; iNaturalist).