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[Colin Walker]

Aloe millotti-

Aloe albiflora-

I got his some years ago from a very reliable source labelled Aloe glauca. It looks nothing like glauca as I know it and has never flowered. Any suggestions?

Great aloe thread Mike. Sorry it's taken you and Tina to bully me into responding.

Can't really help you out with an ID for this Aloe glauca on page 6. It may have top quality provenance, but the ID is very problematic. Did you say somewhere that it apparently came from Kenya? If that's so then the locality as well as appearance precludes this from being A. glauca, which is endemic to S. Africa.

[Colin Walker]

Thought this might me of interest...

Not nearly as spectacular as Mike's brilliant specimen plants, but there you go. Seed came from last December's BCSS seedlist.

Thanks.

Christian

We've really no idea what Aloe abyssinica is, so whatever your seedlings are as shown on page 8, they're certainly not A. abyssinica.

If this came from the BCSS seed distribution that's unfortunate, because I guess quite a few other members will have bought seed and raised seedlings.

[BrianMc]

I got his some years ago from a very reliable source labelled Aloe glauca. It looks nothing like glauca as I know it and has never flowered. Any suggestions?

With it's distichous growth I can definitely imagine plicatilis bing in its makeup, not sure where Phil W gets striatula from.
Distichous leaves can also point to juvenile growth, but I don't think that is the case here. The leaves are reminiscent of young glauca, so I don't see why it can't be a glauca pollinated with rogue plicatilis pollen (however, this is all very much speculation! )

[RICHAUD]

Hi Mike and Brian
I have this plant and it's Aloe lineata muirii
The plant stay many years like that with many distichous offshots and then one day one is growing up and become a rosette

[Christian]

We've really no idea what Aloe abyssinica is, so whatever your seedlings are as shown on page 8, they're certainly not A. abyssinica.

Well, in this case I take the unscientific view that so far I like the look of what I am growing here - let's see what I end up with!

But I would be interested to know where the name originates (I should really have written it in inverted commas) - does anyone know?

Christian

[BrianMc]

Hi Mike and Brian
I have this plant and it's Aloe lineata muirii
The plant stay many years like that with many distichous offshots and then one day one is growing up and become a rosette

Looks like a good call Philippe

I did a quick search and got this http://store.mysteriousgardens.net/aloe-lineata-muirii/

[Herts Mike]

Hi Mike and Brian
I have this plant and it's Aloe lineata muirii
The plant stay many years like that with many distichous offshots and then one day one is growing up and become a rosette

Many thanks Philippe - much appreciated. I will correct the supplier...

[RICHAUD]

Hi all
This is the plant I have named abyssinica

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[RICHAUD]

Aloe fosteri plant 70cm in diameter 1,2m for the spike

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[Herts Mike]

Hi Mike and Brian
I have this plant and it's Aloe lineata muirii
The plant stay many years like that with many distichous offshots and then one day one is growing up and become a rosette

Sounds similar to A. arenicola?