The buds of this mature Aloe thraskii plant, flowering in midwinter in the Walker Bay area, are ready for opening one by one, starting from the lowest ones on each raceme. The number of racemes on the inflorescence, the number of flowers per raceme and eventually the number of seeds borne within each flower’s fruit capsule, indicate that seed production is serious business here.
In this built-up environment it is, however, quite possible that not one of the seeds to be released in a few months here will get a chance to germinate. This will not discourage the plant’s vigorous effort though!