Origin and Habitat: Aloe florenceaeSN|33634]]SN|33634]] is common on Madagascar in the western part of the central highlands (Antsirabe).

• Aloe florenceae Lavranos & T.A.McCoy

Description: Aloe florenceae is a dinky trunkless aloe species, only sparsely branched that form clumps of up to five rosettes. Leaves are covered with thin, soft, white tubercles all over (a bit like a dwarf Aloe humilisSN|620]]SN|626]], or a very neat looking Aloe haworthioidesSN|626]]SN|620]] with blue leaves). Together with Aloe compressa, it is one of the few species of aloe with flowers that smell like the hyacinth (and resemble it).
Derivation of specific name: The epithet florenceae honors Florence Razafindratsira, the wife of Alfred Razafindratsira, who discovered the species.
Leaves: Up to 40, triangular, pointed, ascending or curved up and in, dark blue-green, but colours can change to brownish, copper or blackish if stressed, 3-4 cm long and 9 to 11 mm wide. The blade is covered with warts, each of which carries a 0.75 mm long papillae. The soft teeth on the blade margin are 1 mm long and up to 1.2 mm apart.
Inflorescences and flowers: The inflorescence is simple (umbranched) and quite long relative to size of plant (up to 30 cm tall). The short conical raceme consist of 8-22 flowers, subtended by whitish-brown papery lanceolate bracts 22 mm long and 10 m wide. The flowers held on very short pedicels, are sweet-smelling, cream to pink-brown coloured, tubular, slightly curved, 27-30 mm long and 5 mm in diameter. Outer segments 10-12 mm long. The stamens protrude briefly and the stylus protrudes about 6 mm from the flower. It flowers in autumn to early winter

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Susan Carter, John J. Lavranos, Leonard E. Newton, Colin C. Walker: Aloes. “The definitive guide.” Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011
2) Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo “What’s in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species.” In: Bradleya. Band 28, 2010, S. 92.
3) Hochspringen ↑ John J. Lavranos, Tom McCoy “Aloe florenceae (Aloaceae) - eine überraschende neue Sippe aus Madagaskar.” In: Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten. Band 55, Nummer 10, 2004, S. 283–285.
4) Wikipedia, Die freie Enzyklopädie, “Aloe florenceae” 2016, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aloe_florenceae&oldid=151230580,
[retrieved: 24. January 2017]

Cultivation and Propagation: Aloe florenceaeSN|33634]]SN|33634]] is a very rare dwarf species touchy and a bit hard to keep alive, at least in an outdoor situation and tends to be a bit pricey.
Propagation: Seeds of division (Suckers eventually).