Aloe?
Aloe?
My neighbor gave me this Aloe like plant as s cutting last year. It's put up a flower bud now and I'm hoping to ID it. Or ar least decide if it's Aloe or not (the leaves, roots and flower bud all look Aloe-like). It's in a 4" pot for scale
- Attachments
-
- 20200112_182041-762x907.jpg (85.76 KiB) Viewed 1451 times
-
- The plant in the green pot
- 20200112_182115-762x1015.jpg (141.06 KiB) Viewed 1451 times
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Re: Aloe?
looks like it yes, maybe it's Aloe howmanii / Aloe hazeliana v. howmanii. Flowers should be red. Hard to be sure though
Re: Aloe?
This looks about right. I'll see what color the flowers are
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
-
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Fri Nov 29, 2019 6:22 pm
- Location: Denmark
Re: Aloe?
Bulbine frutescens comes to mind. Yellow flowers. There's a picture on my Instagram account Kaktusgartneriet on 22. April
-
- Posts: 1503
- Joined: Sun Jun 28, 2015 4:27 pm
- Location: England
- Contact:
Re: Aloe?
The leaves, stems and internodes look right for A. howmanii (and very wrong for Bulbine frutescens).
The flower spike doesn't look right, it does look quite Bulbine-like to me. There's a lot of flowers packed on that spike for A. howmanii, and the spurs / bracts / whaterver the sticky out bits are, don't look right.
Can you do a shot with the whole plant, inc. flower spike?
The flower spike doesn't look right, it does look quite Bulbine-like to me. There's a lot of flowers packed on that spike for A. howmanii, and the spurs / bracts / whaterver the sticky out bits are, don't look right.
Can you do a shot with the whole plant, inc. flower spike?
Re: Aloe?
yeah I wondered about that flower spike too, also the color, should look like this:
Could also be Aloe parallelifolia, but also reddish flowers, and some tiny teeth on the leaves, but again without these hairs sticking out between the flowers. I think it's best to wait a little until the flowers have developed fully, as it will rule out a bunch of things Re: Aloe?
Thanks for the responses everyone! Still waiting for the flowers to open. Will post pics when they do. In the mean time, here's a pic of the entire plant
- Attachments
-
- 20200114_163102-756x1008.jpg (183.79 KiB) Viewed 1341 times
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Re: Aloe?
We don't need to worry about these small leaves sticking out of the flower buds, it seems pretty normal for some aloe species. What happens is that the individual flower stems outgrow those small leaves sticking out, making them next to invisible in a later stage:
Definitely an aloe !Re: Aloe?
One of the flowers finally opened, and it's... yellow. So, surprisingly Aloe howmanii is ruled out. Here's some pics:
I'm not finding anything really matching mine. All the yellow flower Aloe I can find have toothed leaves. Mine has smooth edges leaves. Will post more pics as more flowers open
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
-
- Posts: 1503
- Joined: Sun Jun 28, 2015 4:27 pm
- Location: England
- Contact:
Re: Aloe?
That's a Bulbine flower.
No way is that an Aloe flower.
No way is that an Aloe flower.
Re: Aloe?
I wasn't really familiar with Bulbine, but agree the flower looks right. I suppose all Aloe have the tube shaped flowers, so it wouldn't be Aloe. Its growth habit looks different than the Bulbine I can find on the internet. Mine seems to be upright and branching, whereas the planta in pics I can find are low and clumping
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Re: Aloe?
Another few maybe helpful bits of info. I repotted it about a month ago and it doesn't have a bulb or tuberous roots. Also, it has aerial roots. I don't have pics, but the plant it came from had a definitely branching habit. It came from a neighbor who had some unusual plants
Could it be an Asphodeloideae not in the Aloe or Bulbine geneus perhaps?
Could it be an Asphodeloideae not in the Aloe or Bulbine geneus perhaps?
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Re: Aloe?
Here's another pic (it's greener because we've had some cloudy days)
- Attachments
-
- 20200129_161242-579x579.jpg (131.25 KiB) Viewed 1163 times
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Zone 10b (yearly minimum temperature 1-5° C)
Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
Re: Aloe?
Now that is a surprise indeed
It looks like Bulbine indeed. Bulbine frutescens is evergreen and stalked, which could be why is has that aloe look, though in most images the leaves are rather thin compared to this one, could be an older plant, and it does seem to develop aerial roots. Check this image :
http://www.llifle.com/plant_album/11123/1335
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCC ... frutescens
Flowers can range from yellow to orange.
It looks like Bulbine indeed. Bulbine frutescens is evergreen and stalked, which could be why is has that aloe look, though in most images the leaves are rather thin compared to this one, could be an older plant, and it does seem to develop aerial roots. Check this image :
http://www.llifle.com/plant_album/11123/1335
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCC ... frutescens
Flowers can range from yellow to orange.
-
- Posts: 1503
- Joined: Sun Jun 28, 2015 4:27 pm
- Location: England
- Contact:
Re: Aloe?
Yes, it looks like Kaktusgartneriet was correct all along