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Oct 23, 2021 8:16 PM CST
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Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)
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I don't think this plant is 'Crosby's Prolific' either... that cultivar has abundant white tubercles on the lower leaf surface and a good number of spots on the upper surface. I do not know what to call it, though. Certainly not Aloe vera. Hopefully someone else has a better idea, otherwise I'd like to propose moving the image to the genus listing for Aloe.
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Oct 23, 2021 8:41 PM CST
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To me, it looks like it is a hybrid with brevifolia as one parent.
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Oct 31, 2021 9:35 PM CST
Name: Jenn
Houston, TX (Zone 9a)
It's sold by Altman Plants with that name (they sell the chunkier, spinier one as well)…and while I know they don't always label correctly, I've read that 'Crosby's Prolific' is considered to be a pretty variable plant since it is a hybrid of nobilis (perfoliata x brevifolia) and humilis. Maybe it's a sport AP started tissue culturing…but could always be something else 🤷‍♀️
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Nov 1, 2021 9:53 AM CST
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Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)
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There may be more than one plant sold under that name, but the fact that it is a hybrid (even a hybrid of hybrids) does not mean it should be variable. A named hybrid should be a clone, a single unique set of DNA. All vegetative propagations of that named hybrid (which are genetically identical) retain the name and look the same. Anything that came from a different seed (even if it was from the same parents) should have a different name. Anything that came from self-pollination of the hybrid (or open pollination in the case it's not self-compatible) should have a different name.

I realize some people are more creative with their use of names, but I try to stick to these rules when it comes to the database. Some hybrid cultivars are so old that they have had time to mutate and generate distinct versions of themselves (eg. variegates), but this is a very different plant from the other one and I have a hard time imagining it is a sport. So I would prefer to file this image under the genus entry. If you would like to label it with a caption suiting your preferences, please be my guest. Smiling

Some aloe names have been treated carelessly over the years. For example 'Doran Black' (a Dick Wright bumpy hybrid which has been used to generate several other hybrids) was bred with its siblings and supposedly identical plants were generated, which was supposed to be a cool feature and touted as something interesting and useful. But then over time people started having a "large clone" of DB, or a "bumpier clone" of DB, and in the end the meaning/specificity of the name was degraded. At this point very few people know what the "original" DB actually looked like.
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