Species library › Aloe › Aloe clarkei
Succulents Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Aloe clarkei

An Ethiopian aloe described by L.E. Newton, with no georeferenced wild records in GBIF. The only climate available is a placed point near 1400 m on the edge of the Rift Valley: warm, with a long rainy season from April to October and a dry winter.

Aloe clarkei
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes were reachable. Aloes of this area grow on rocky slopes and in open bushland.

No elevations are recorded; the placed point is at about 1390 m.

Ethiopia

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

Grow Aloe clarkei? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.