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Oct 26, 2016 5:18 PM CST
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I was given this plant and thought it was Aloe but I recently figured out that it wasnt by stumbling across an image of an actual Aloe vera plant. Ay ideas as to whaf it is?
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Oct 26, 2016 7:57 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
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Its still an Aloe, just not an Aloe vera.
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Oct 26, 2016 7:58 PM CST
Name: Carter Mayer
Houston, TX (Zone 9b)
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I think it may be an aloe, just either a different species or one that needs way more light. How much sun does this one get? Are the leaves fleshy as they kinda appear in the pic?
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Oct 26, 2016 8:21 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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It looks like an Aloe to me also. There are a few that have that type of growth habit but it's probably hard to know an exact ID without seeing blooms. Two for comparison:

Aloe (Aloe bulbillifera)



Krantz Aloe (Aloe arborescens)
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Oct 27, 2016 2:29 AM CST

Could be A. Arborescens (Octopus) or A. Ciliaris.
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Oct 27, 2016 8:42 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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I have Climbing Aloe (Aloiampelos ciliaris) and don't know why I didn't think of that one.



And for comparison, here's a link to Krantz Aloe (Aloe arborescens)
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