Aloe striata near Graaff-Reinet

The inflorescence of Aloe striata, when growing well, will be much branched and rebranched. There may be three panicles following each other in sequence or blooming concurrently. The inflorescence becomes 1 m tall. Its shape is a corymbose panicle, a flat-topped structure with the older flowers around the edges, young buds in the centre. 

While A. striata is regarded as a stemless aloe, it sometimes has a short stem, just enough of it to allow tilting to the side in its characteristic sun-facing position as seen here.

A. striata inflorescences in the eastern parts of the distribution usually consist of flat-topped racemes, those in the western parts tending to conical shapes. The flower colours vary from pinkish-red to coral-red. There is a yellow flowering form in the Eastern Cape. The buds are green-tipped to dark-tipped, while the tips of open perianths are yellow.

Flowering begins in winter and carries on into mid-spring (Frandsen, 2017; Van Wyk and Smith, 2003; Reynolds, 1974; Jeppe, 1969; iNaturalist).