This stony hillside outside Oudtshoorn is replete with Aloe microstigma flowering at the end of winter. Scattered among karoid scrub is a common setting for these plants. While their inflorescences are always unbranched, ample flowering is presented here. Some vigorous plants in this stand produced up to four and even five of these erect, single racemes.
Yellow colouring is only seen here on the open perianths at the lower end of each inflorescence. The closed buds are pinkish red to orange red; their tips grey to grey-green (Jeppe, 1969).