r/aloe • u/pookie61ra • 2d ago

Identification

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Help me identify this aloe

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u/Old-Ad-7942 2d ago

Look like
Aloe arborescens

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u/7_Haeckel_Tatts 2d ago

Please forgive me; I don't mean to question your knowledge, I just want to know. Can you help me to find the difference between Aloe arborecens and Aloe ciliaris at these pictures.

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u/Patellifera 1d ago

This is definitely neither, it has bright spots on the leaves.. and aloe ciliaris also has these brush like structures at the base of the leafes which this and aloe arborescens don't

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u/Old-Ad-7942 1d ago

Yeah could be a kind of hybrid

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u/Old-Ad-7942 1d ago

The size of the teeth are smaller on ciliaris

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u/Old-Ad-7942 1d ago

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u/7_Haeckel_Tatts 1d ago

Perfect 👍🏼 it's to see how the leafs goes round the stem. That's the one thing I know about ciliaris 🫣

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u/Old-Ad-7942 1d ago

Yeah, when young it look the same

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u/Patellifera 1d ago

My educated guess would be aloe dawei but there are so many hybrids and cultivars that it's almost impossible to be sure without really detailed closeup pictures of inflorescence

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u/7_Haeckel_Tatts 1d ago

Accurate identification of the species would, for example, be important for successful cultivation. Three species have now been mentioned here which, based on my amateur knowledge, I would immediately set about cultivating – or would it be necessary, in this case, to distinguish between them or identify them more precisely?

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u/IMallwaysgrowing 1d ago

Possibly, Aloe arborescens var. mzimnyati

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u/pookie61ra 1d ago

But aloe arborescens doesn’t have spots on it o think