Xobo Find. Aloe reynoldsii, Reynolds' Aloe, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In March 1934 the intrepid South African plant collector and botanist Gilbert Westacot Reynolds (1895-1967) found the Aloe which carries his name above a waterfall in the Xobo River before it joins the turning and twisting Mbhashe about 15 kms east of Dutywa in the Eastern Cape. Cythna Lindenberg Letty (1895-1985) identified it as a distinct species. A consumate floral and plant artist she published her colored drawing of it that same year inThe Flowering Plants of South Africa 14 (1934). And she got to name it as well after Reynolds.
Xobo Find. Aloe reynoldsii, Reynolds' Aloe, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In March 1934 the intrepid South African plant collector and botanist Gilbert Westacot Reynolds (1895-1967) found the Aloe which carries his name above a waterfall in the Xobo River before it joins the turning and twisting Mbhashe about 15 kms east of Dutywa in the Eastern Cape. Cythna Lindenberg Letty (1895-1985) identified it as a distinct species. A consumate floral and plant artist she published her colored drawing of it that same year inThe Flowering Plants of South Africa 14 (1934). And she got to name it as well after Reynolds.