Aloe - Final Fruits

A final aloe picture - long after all the flowers on the spike are gone the lucky pollinated few form fruit.

Aloe - Tipping Over

All the flowers have opened, just the last few on the tip fading away.

Aloe - Flare / Flair

Rather liked this over-exposed colourful shot

Aloe - The Fallen

As each tiny flower falls off the spike they gather in the leaves below:

Aloe - The Tip

The brightest part of the flower spike - the very tip.

Aloe - Openings

A close up shot of the lowest flowers on the spike - just beginning to open.

Aloe - First shot

Restarting this series this spring oriented around the slow opening/ flowering and dying of a sprig of aloe flowers.

Aloe - Fruiting

If some flowers get pollinated you get aloe fruit...ain't nature wonderful

Aloe - Tops

A almost silhouette of the dying top spike against a wintry sky.

Aloe - Near and Far

The bits of aloe and fun focal lengths...

Aloe - Up Close

A macro shot of one of my flowery spikes of a section where the flowers are in full bloom

Aloe - Moving Up

The open flowers slowly moving up the stem, the old ones falling away:

Aloe - 'ello

Here a new project for the winter/spring. This aloe which was basically dead when we moved in a few years ago has slowly been nursed back to health and will flower over the next weeks...