Re: another mystery plant (succulent)
- Subject: Re: another mystery plant (succulent)
- From: d* f* <d*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:37:20 -0800 (PST)
I suspect it is a hybrid or complex hybrid that contains Aloe arborescens as one parent. I've seen several photos of A. arborescens hybrids that have equally long and multiple bloom spikes; try looking up A. arborescens x A. suprafoliata, as well as A. x spinossimus. Unfortunately, neither of these appear to be a perfect match for your plant, but they give you a better idea of why I think it is a hybrid with A. arborescens in the mix.
It often seems that Aloe hybrids can have benefits of hybrid vigor with extra quantities of blooms if the marriage is a happy one; I suppose there is also the possibility of hybrids that only a parent could love.
--- On Mon, 3/1/10, NMMueller <nmmueller@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> From: NMMueller <nmmueller@roadrunner.com>
> Subject: another mystery plant (succulent)
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 5:36 PM
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> http://www.fallbrookgardenclub.org/orangeflowersucculent.htm
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