What Aloe am I?

entire leaves · Post by **entire leaves** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:43 am

Need an ID on this Aloe please. Any guesses to species or cultivar? I'm horrible at Aloes.

Thanks!

LT10 · Post by **LT10** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:43 am

To me it looks like a very pretty A. striata hybrid.

frangipani · Post by **frangipani** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:39 am

Perhaps a cross between A. striata and A. maculata?

Melt In The Sun · Post by **Melt In The Sun** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:04 pm

Wow, that is beautiful! Any chance you ordered it online, so I can get one too?

majcka · Post by **majcka** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:38 pm

I am pretty much a beginner at succulents and that one you could easily sell it to me as an agave of some sort.

Melt In The Sun · Post by **Melt In The Sun** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:05 pm

With very few exceptions, agaves always have a central cone in the middle from which the leaves peel off, whereas aloe leaves come out of the center of the rosette one at a time and slowly grow. That's probably the easiest way to tell! Aloes have gel-filled leaves while agaves have stringy woody leaves, but that can be difficult to tell from just a picture.

Here's an agave for reference:

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:53 am

Aloes lack terminal spines as well. ( a few but its very few of the Agave lack them as well, but in general if you see a terminal spine it is an Agave.)

What Aloe am I?

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