Aloinopsis luckhoffii buds

The buds of Aloinopsis luckhoffii can here be recognised by the oval shape formed by the six cohering sepals, their surfaces very similar to the sickle-shaped leaf tips around them. Flowers grow solitary from the centres of branch tip leaf rosettes.

The open flower will have two to three whorls of spreading petals around a cylindrical to conical patch of white and yellow stamens without staminodes. The petal colour varies from pale yellow, golden yellow and yellowish bronze to salmon pink. The petal bases are (sometimes?) white. The open flower is up to 3 cm in diameter. The nectar glands are arranged in a circle in the flower base.

Blooming happens at the end of winter, the plants growing in the cooler part of the year. The honey-scented flowers only open in late afternoon sunlight and close at sunset; no show on cold, cloudy days.

The fruit capsules of Aloinopsis species have from six to fourteen locules, each with a covering body. The egg-shaped seeds are small, brownish with rough surfaces (Smith, et al, 1998; Herre, 1971; http://llifle.com).