Aloe nyeriensis
A tall, branching, shrubby aloe, 1 to 3 m high, endemic to the central highlands of Kenya around Nyeri, Nanyuki, Nyahururu and the Laikipia plateau. It carries dense heads of red flowers on stalks 0.5 to 0.8 m long. It is closely related to Aloe kedongensis, and the two are often confused. It is listed as Vulnerable. It is a cool highland aloe that wants strong light, a gritty soil and dry spells between waterings.
Where it grows wild
It grows on rocky and stony slopes in savanna bushland and open woodland, often among Acacia trees. Other recorded habitats are Euclea grassland, forest edges and rocks at the lip of a gorge. Labels note that it is often under trees or bushes, sometimes scrambling, and on red soils at Mpala it grows in the shade of Acacia etbaica.
Wikipedia gives 1760 to 2100 m. Dated specimens run from about 1650 m at Mpala in Laikipia to 2100 m near Nyeri, which is cool equatorial highland.
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