actual size: leaves cca 5-10 cm
actual size: leaves cca 5-10 cm

Aloe lateritia       Engl. (1895)

DESCRIPTION: short stem, simple or suckering. Leaves ca. 20, 30x6 cm, mid green with white spots. Inflorescence to 80 cm tall, racemes cylindrical, flowers reddish.
Synonymy: Aloe amanensis, Aloe boehmii, Aloe campylosiphon
DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia
CULTIVATION: Easy cultivated in sandy soil. 

Aloe lateritia var. graminicola

Smaller and very attractive. 

actual size: leaves cca 5-10 cm
actual size: leaves cca 5-10 cm