Aloe id (if possible)
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Aloe id (if possible)
Last year I was given a smallish Aloe by the owner of a nursery that was closing down. I overwintered it in a cold greenhouse and come the spring I repotted it and took some divisions. Anyway, it has grown like beejayzus but if possible I would like an id.
If you look carefully some of the leaves grow a central spike that grows out as the leaf matures. Size wise the main rosette is about 20/25cm.
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I have been calling this plant MITRIFORMIS ever since, but I was told that it was a hybrid.?
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Re: Aloe id (if possible)
I have one that I used to call Aloe mitriformis, this is now called Aloe x nobilis. Aloe brevifolia has smaller leaves, which grow in a layered stack and the plant is smaller and does not have the spikes on the top level of the leaves.
Obsessive Crassulaceae lover, especially Aeoniums but also grow, Aloes, Agaves, Haworthias and a select number of Cacti.
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Re: Aloe id (if possible)
Liz, are you saying this plant in the photo is A. x nobilis?
It looks the same as the one I also used to call A. mitriformis, I had thought that had now become A. brevifolia.
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Re: Aloe id (if possible)
Ask Colin Walker...
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Yes, he should know. Didn't they decide to call them all 'Perfoliata Group' now?
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Re: Aloe id (if possible)
I think you're right Paul and I think there is a thread on here somewhere about it.
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Re: Aloe id (if possible)
It's hereHerts Mike wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:46 am I think you're right Paul and I think there is a thread on here somewhere about it.
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