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Bill,
There are a bunch of cross-bred aloes, haworthias and inbetweens that look similar. I think this one may be a cross using Aloe haworthioides (like that name?) and another such as A. humilis. Or it could be a haworthia. The bloom will tell you.
I have a small cross that is called Aloe Pepe. Its close to yours but the leaves are more decumbent. Try not to get too stressed over the names of these hybrids, they are there for you to enjoy them.
Buck
There are a bunch of cross-bred aloes, haworthias and inbetweens that look similar. I think this one may be a cross using Aloe haworthioides (like that name?) and another such as A. humilis. Or it could be a haworthia. The bloom will tell you.
I have a small cross that is called Aloe Pepe. Its close to yours but the leaves are more decumbent. Try not to get too stressed over the names of these hybrids, they are there for you to enjoy them.
Buck
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Hi Buck,
Yes I thought of Aloe cv 'Pepe' to begin with, but the plant looks to have offsets and Pepe is a very slow grower. If my memory serves me it is a hybrid of Aloe descoingsii x haworthioides.
Bill's plant is one of those where you could put several different names into the hat and it would be difficult to discount any of them.
John
Yes I thought of Aloe cv 'Pepe' to begin with, but the plant looks to have offsets and Pepe is a very slow grower. If my memory serves me it is a hybrid of Aloe descoingsii x haworthioides.
Bill's plant is one of those where you could put several different names into the hat and it would be difficult to discount any of them.
John
After careful inspection it really looks like the Pepe:
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/ ... _Pepe.html
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/ ... _Pepe.html
Bill
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Hi Bill,
I would tell them it is an Haworthia cultivar although I still lean towards Haworthia herbacea.
To try to give you a little more information about the Haworthia genus, I would say that they hybridise very readily and not only among themselves but also with Aloes and Gasterias. Hence unless you know that the plant is from a reliable source, it is possible it could be a hybrid cross. There is nothing wrong with that at all. Some of the most beautiful Haworthias and Aloes are hybrids, but it does make it difficult to do a positive ID.
Hope this helps a little.
John
I would tell them it is an Haworthia cultivar although I still lean towards Haworthia herbacea.
To try to give you a little more information about the Haworthia genus, I would say that they hybridise very readily and not only among themselves but also with Aloes and Gasterias. Hence unless you know that the plant is from a reliable source, it is possible it could be a hybrid cross. There is nothing wrong with that at all. Some of the most beautiful Haworthias and Aloes are hybrids, but it does make it difficult to do a positive ID.
Hope this helps a little.
John
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Bill,
I tend to agree with John. The picture of the Aloe Pepe shows it ramifying tightly from the originial rosette, the more open growing habit of your plant indicates something else. Frankily all of these that i have show exactly the same habit. Thought you'd like to see one of the obvious parents of your plant, A. haworthioides as well.
Aloe Pepe
Aloe Haworthioides
I tend to agree with John. The picture of the Aloe Pepe shows it ramifying tightly from the originial rosette, the more open growing habit of your plant indicates something else. Frankily all of these that i have show exactly the same habit. Thought you'd like to see one of the obvious parents of your plant, A. haworthioides as well.
Aloe Pepe
Aloe Haworthioides
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