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Aloe globuligemma - An aloe that is stemless or has creeping horizontal stems with 2-3-foot-tall rosettes of erect blue-green leaves that arch outward near the tips and have white soft spines along the leaf margins. In late to mid-winter appears the wide branched inflorescence with nearly horizontal stems of roundish red buds angled upward from the stem that open to a rosy pink and white.
Plant in full sun and irrigate regularly to occasionally in warm weather. Listed as suffering from leaf damage when temperatures drop into the mid 20's F. The sap of this species is considered to be poisonous.
Aloe globuligemma It comes from the warm low bush-veld in Mpumalanga in northern South Africa through Limpopo into Zimbabwe. The specific epithet 'globuligemma' is latin for "globular bud" in reference to the shape of the bud. The Africaans name Knoppiesaalwyn has a similar meaning.
Our plants were grown from seed received in 2005 that was field collected by Silverhill seed. We sold this interesting species from 2005 until 2008 and have a nice specimen in our garden.
The information about Aloe globuligemma that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.
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