The flowers are rather short and rounded in shape, compared to other aloe flowers. They branch into three to five racemes, bearing the yellow flowers. The inflorescences arise from amidst the rosettes at the tips of the branches, and are fairly short and carried erect. The flowers appear from June to August – this is wintertime in the Southern Hemisphere. Typically, the trunk tapers from a thick base towards the top, with the first branches appearing about halfway up. It is covered with thick, corky, yellowish bark that flakes into sharp-edged sections on the main trunk, but remains smooth and whitish on the branches. The stem can get quite stout – more than a metre in diameter at the base. Unlike in the single-stemmed tree-like aloes, in this species the old dry leaves drop off so that the leafy rosettes only remain at the tips of the branches, leaving the rest of their length clean. The leaves are about 30cm long and 5cm wide, somewhat bluish- green in colour, and arranged in a spiralled rosette in old plants, but in young plants, neatly arrayed in four vertical rows. These rosettes at the tips of the forked branches usually form a dense, rounded crown.
Yet at close inspection it is still clearly an aloe, with a rosette of pointed, thickly-succulent leaves, bearing a margin of thorns, at the tip of each branch. This species is one of only a few species of aloe that reaches tree proportions: it can grow to 7m in height. A hollowed-out section is then closed off at one end with a piece of leather leather straps are fitted to it so it can be slung over the shoulders, and voilà – a quiver! Appearance Consequently, branches can easily be hollowed out. This tree doesn't have real 'wood' but a much softer pulpy, fibrous tissue in the trunk and branches. The name 'quiver tree' comes from the habit of the San People, or Bushmen, of using the branches of this aloe for making quivers to contain their poison arrows. This is one of the most branched and tree-like species of aloe. The species name, dichotoma, means 'divided in two' and refers to the way the branches divide, repeatedly forking in two. Scientific NameĪloe is the genus name for all the species of aloe. It is indeed one of the biggest members of the genus Aloe and is well known to succulent enthusiasts. Can be grown in a container, however, in a few years, this vigorous plant must be transplanted into the ground.The quiver tree is a remarkable large, tree-like species of succulent plant that occurs in the dry desert and semi-desert regions of South Africa and Namibia.
QUIVER TREE SCIENTIFIC NAME FULL
Easily grown in dry, well-drained soils in full sun.Adds interest to the garden and grows up to 25-40 ft.A beautiful silhouette for the Mediterranean landscape and xeriscape garden. 'Hercules' is the result of a cross between the large Tree Aloe, Aloe barberae and the smaller Quiver Tree, Aloe dichotoma.
They appear intermittently from spring to fall. Beautiful, large, conical, bright orange flower spikes with green tips are borne in profusion above the foliage on mature plants. A popular and unique looking succulent, Aloe 'Hercules' is a large, fast-growing, evergreen tree-like aloe adorned with a straight trunk crowned with thick branches topped with explosions of fleshy, broad, triangular, blue-green leaves.
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