trouble8732
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ALOE help identify please

These aloe where in my flower bed when I moved here can anyone tell me which kind it is?
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evtubbergh
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You know I see them all over the hills all the way to the inlaws all the time and yet I just can't remember which ones they are! I will figure it out though ;)

Edit to add: are the flowers droopy and pinkish? They're done in your photos but can you see any others?

Next edit: Haha I said I would figure it out. I am sure they are Aloe jucunda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_jucunda

trouble8732
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the flowers on mine are more orangish lol

evtubbergh
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You can check for Aloe maculata by breaking a piece off and rubbing it in water. If it is soapy then that could be it. But Aloe jocunda flowers are orange, just paler and a bit pinker than the bright ones of other aloes.

trouble8732
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ok it doesn't get soapy in water... I broke a piece off and I have one getting ready to bloom again so ill get a pic of it to.. I found this second pic online and best I can remember this is what the blooms look like.
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evtubbergh
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Aloe jocunda! Definitely.

I have the same marker pen.

trouble8732
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ok thanks

RosemarieRo
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I believe it is Aloe grandidentata (size, spots, branching, blooms, prolific pupper).



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