Species · genus Aristaloe · Asphodelaceae

Guinea-fowl Aloe

Aristaloe aristata (Haw.) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning

Also known as: Lace Aloe · Long-Awned Aloe · Partridge Breasted Aloe · Torch Plant · Torchplant

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho

Reference · A. aristata

Cultivars of A. aristata

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under A. aristata yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A rosette-forming succulent perennial from the grasslands and rocky slopes of southern Africa, where it stores water in its leaves and endures dry spells. Plant in a gritty, fast-draining mix and water deeply only once the soil has dried out completely to the bottom of the pot. It tolerates bright indirect light and some direct sun, but sitting wet will rot the roots.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

10–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Offsets or leaf cuttings

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed a few times in spring and summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Slender orange-red flower spikes on established plants

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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