I have a few aloes growing in a copper fire pit. I cannot I.D. them. There are so many that look alike. I'm going to have to pot them up soon. I won't have room to store them in the fire pit over winter. Can someone help? (I originally thought these were dyckias, but Janet set me straight!).

I think pic.# 6 could be A.aristata

Most of them look like Haworthia, they are in the same family as aloes and look like mini versions of them. A lot of themlook alike and so they can be hard to ID.
Photo #5 looks like Fairy Washboard (Haworthiopsis limifolia)

Thanks! I'll tag it!

Okay, Sue. It will now have a name! I guess that's why they all stayed small this summer.

Looks like a couple of yours have bloom stems. Haworthia blooms are tiny and white. Aloe blooms are much larger and in the usually in coral, yellow, orange range.

Blooms can usually help in IDing. In the first pic. you can see a couple that are the coral color…Aloe giveaway. and with the Haworthia limifolia…cute plant!

Sue, when you write "tiny and white," do you means the flower, or the stem they were blooming on? They've all had long bloom stems with tiny flowers, I believe. The birds are picking off the seed pods.

The Haworthia blooms are tiny and white.

Got it! Thanks!

Bubbles said: They've all had long bloom stems with tiny flowers, I believe. The birds are picking off the seed pods.

Look again at the first pic, there's two tall stems with orange flowers you can see which are more than likely Aloe.