El I-Aloe ferox I-aloe eyi-arborescent eyigugu ekwaziyo ukumelana nesithwathwa esibuthakathaka ngaphandle kwenkinga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yize ikhula kancane, ukukhula kwayo ne-inflorescence yayo noma iqembu lezimbali kuyenza ibe yinhlobo enhle kakhulu engadini noma ebhodweni.
Ngabe unesibindi sokuqhubeka nokufunda kabanzi ngaye? Ngiyathembisa ukuthi uzoyithanda… futhi na ngaphezulu! 😉
Kanjani?
I-Aloe ferox igama lesayensi lesitshalo somuthi esachazwa nguPhilip Millern futhi sashicilelwa ku Isichazamazwi Sengadi ngo-1768. Iyaziwa ngokuthi iCape Aloe noma i-Wild Aloe. Idabuka e-Afrika, ikakhulukazi ukusuka eningizimu yeWestern Cape kuya KwaZulu-Natali, kanye nasekhoneni eliseningizimu esempumalanga yeFree State naseningizimu yeLesotho.
Iqala isiqu esilula esifinyelela ku-2-2,5 metres ukuphakama, ngobukhulu obungu-30cm. Amaqabunga aso anenyama, i-lanceolate, aluhlaza okotshani futhi kwesinye isikhathi afuthwe nhlangothi zombili. Amamajini ahlome ngamazinyo abomvu noma ansundu. Izimbali zihlelwe ngama-inflorescence aminyene futhi amade ombala obomvu noma owolintshi. Iqhakaza ebusika. Isithelo somile, sino-1-1,5 cm ubude, futhi siqukethe imbewu encane eminingana.
Ziyini izinkathazo zabo?
El I-Aloe ferox Kuyisitshalo esingaba sobabili emhlabathini nasembizeni, kodwa kubalulekile ukuthi ilanga likhanye ngqo usuku lonke nokuthi inhlabathi inezimbobo (njenge-pumice noma isihlabathi somfula) ukwenza lula amanzi.
Kepha ukuze iphelele kuzodingeka uyinisele kancane: kanye ngesonto ehlobo futhi njalo ezinsukwini eziyi-15-20 unyaka wonke. Ngokufanayo, kuzodingeka ukuthi uyivundise phakathi nezinyanga ezifudumele ngomanyolo owuketshezi we-cacti namanye ama-succulents, noma nge-Nitrofoska Azul.
Ingatshalwa ngaphandle konyaka wonke uma izinga lokushisa lingehli ngaphansi kuka -3ºC.