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Name: Dirt (Zone 5b)            dirtdorphins Mar 2, 2015 8:19 PM CST |
I've had this little plant for over a decade and I don't know what it is -- hoping someone can recognize it.   I recall buying it as an aloe...but, it is not at all like any aloe I know, so maybe it's some kind of unique aloe or a different kind of plant altogether  leaves are very stiff and smooth (except for the shaggy stuff), no marginal teeth of any kind, very sharp, pointed tips, with these cool white stripes that kinda peel off and hang out (more like a mini-yucca)     It's about 8" tall and wide, and it has never bloomed. It gets a southern window and sometimes I water it. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated-- Thanks in advance |
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.        ctcarol Mar 2, 2015 9:15 PM CST |
| Don't know which one it might be, but I bet if it spent the summer outside it would bloom.Many types of Aloe are in bud or bloom around here now, and most will take some cold, but do need sun. |
Name: Lin Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)          plantladylin Mar 2, 2015 10:05 PM CST |
| Could it be Dwarf Yucca 'Nana'? Nothing in the database yet: http://www.bennyskaktus.dk/Y_n... Or another dwarf? http://www.highcountrygardens.... ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! ~ |
Name: Dirt (Zone 5b) dirtdorphins Mar 2, 2015 10:17 PM CST |
| Oh my gosh--it kinda looks like it would rather be an Agave schidigera ‘Black Widow’ (even if it is a little sickly and stunty looking right now) https://www.etsy.com/listing/1... http://www.artsnursery.com/m/b... What do you think? Well, I'm moving it out for the summer (if it ever gets here)!! and I will repot it, too. I've got sun to fry aloes, but this guy really looks like he'll appreciate it and that he needs it. Interestingly, I have a regular aloe next to this guy that is currently all pale and bronzey in the sun, while I have another in less light that is green. |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15         |
| It looks like an agave to me too but they are hard to ID for me. 'Black Widow' has wider squatter leaves, yours are narrow and long. Another possibility: Small-Flower Agave (Agave parviflora) |
Name: Dirt (Zone 5b) dirtdorphins Mar 3, 2015 6:19 AM CST |
| That is a good possibility too! then, that way, the long and narrow leaves are not entirely due to my inadequate care  Well, I'm thinking at least it is an agave anyway...and I'll give it new digs for the summer and see what happens. If it responds by blooming and dying, then it will have declared itself to have been an agave all along  |
Name: mj Central Florida     mjsponies Mar 3, 2015 6:42 AM CST |
| Take a peek here Variegated Queen Victoria (Agave victoriae-reginae 'Variegata') and here King Ferdinand Agave (Agave nickelsiae) God gave us wings. He just called them horses |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
| Those are two very distinct agave with wider squatter leaves also. |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) I have 1.5 friends left on NGA.            greene Mar 3, 2015 9:39 AM CST |
| This is a guess: A type of Agave toumeyana? Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: tarev San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b) Always count your blessings in life       tarev Mar 3, 2015 10:10 AM CST |
| It somehow reminds me of a young Agave geminiflora. |
Name: Lin Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a) plantladylin Mar 3, 2015 11:31 AM CST |
| greene's suggestion of Agave toumeyana looks like it may be a good possibility. There's only one A. toumeyana in the database with photos: Fairy Ring Agave (Agave toumeyana var. bella) Two database photos for Twin-Flowered Agave (Agave geminiflora) that look totally different from each other! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! ~ |
Name: Rick R. near Minneapolis, MN, USA zon      Leftwood Mar 3, 2015 11:37 AM CST |
| Definitely not an aloe. I still favor yucca. Although, grown as a houseplant can make things look very different. Out in the garden, characteristics will be more true. This is Yucca nana in my garden in early spring after a typical Minnesota winter that it barely survives. Still, the normal structure is very evident.  |
Name: Lin Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a) plantladylin Mar 3, 2015 11:46 AM CST |
| Did someone suggest ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! ~ |
Name: tarev San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b) Always count your blessings in life tarev Mar 3, 2015 12:20 PM CST |
plantladylin said:greene's suggestion of Agave toumeyana looks like it may be a good possibility. There's only one A. toumeyana in the database with photos: Fairy Ring Agave (Agave toumeyana var. bella) As for that database photo for Agave geminiflora, Gleni's photo is more correct. |
Name: Janet Super Sleuth Near Lincoln UK    JRsbugs Mar 3, 2015 1:00 PM CST |
| Agave filifera looks possible.. http://www.lapshin.org/succule... http://www.lapshin.org/succule... |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
plantladylin said: I moved the incorrect one into the generic aloe entry. |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) I have 1.5 friends left on NGA. greene Mar 3, 2015 9:09 PM CST |
| (I know it's time to go to sleep because I just read Calif_Sue's post as: "I moved the incorrect one into the geriatric aloe entry."  Yep,  these old eyes are going to sleep.)Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
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Name: Dirt (Zone 5b) dirtdorphins Mar 3, 2015 9:56 PM CST |
| Wow! Thanks everyone! filifera looks possible...and toumeyana I am voting for some type of agave...  mostly because of the meatiness of the leaves, the cool stippling and stripes -or bud imprints, and the fact that there are many more compact agave hybrids than yucca showing up for impulse purchase it seems.I got it from a BBS mini-succulent half-dead sale rack many years ago when I lived in MN--it was called 'Bird's Nest' Aloe and I agree--definitely not an aloe. The lying tag also said to "Protect from frost".It is probably amazing that it is still alive after all these years with poor culture indoors and I am quite certain that it doesn't look normal or as it should either, because of that. It will be interesting to see if and how it changes after a summer outside  |
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