Aka the Partridge Breast Aloe... no idea why that is called that... guess I'm not familiar enough with partridges. Short, slow to offset, stemless South African aloe that looks very similar to two Namibian species:
Aloe dinteri and
Aloe sladeniana. This one is by far the more common one in cultivation, however, and can be found often at garden outlet stores and regular nurseries. It is a very thick-leaved, unbendable aloe with very deeply 'V'-channel, spotted dull green to red-brown leaves. Flowers in winter are rather unremarkable very open racemes of pink-red and somewhat reminiscent of Gasteraloe leaves (possibly because this aloe is commonly used to hybridize with Gasterias). Despite being a common species, it can sometimes be a finicky one, and prone to 'not do well' for whatever reasons. I have much better luck with this species in a pot rather than in the ground, but perhaps I have not found the perfect spot for one yet. Seems relatively cold hardy (down to 25F at least). Prefers sun for sure, but shade-grown plants seem to do OK for a while, then start getting etiolated and weak.
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