Aloe claviflora budding

The crowded buds on this Aloe claviflora raceme are interspersed with acutely pointed green bracts, each attached to the stem at the base of a bud pedicel. The buds turn red as they enlarge and open orange to yellow, even creamy-yellow to ivory after pollination. Below the flowers on the sturdy green peduncle a few more papery bracts are scattered, sterile as they are without flowers to subtend.

The raceme is cylindrical, tapering towards its tip. Mostly one, sometimes two single-raceme inflorescences are produced per rosette, although some branched panicles do occur, rarely bearing up to four racemes. Raceme lengths up to 50 cm may occur (Smith, et al, 2017; Reynolds, 1974; Jeppe, 1969; iNaturalist).