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Wed, Sep 12, 12 at 13:37
| I have recently gotten into aloes and I have been browsing ebay for some unique ones. I was wondering if anyone knows what type of aloes these are. The seller has identified them as hybrids but I haven't seen anything like them before. Thanks for any ID/info on these. It will help me decide if I want to buy them or not. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Aloe #1
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- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Wed, Sep 12, 12 at 15:09
| They both look like differing versions of the same plant, Aloe descoingsii, a small species from Madagascar. I'm not sure that they're hybrids. AFAAG (as far as Aloes go), they're about the smallest, so there's the whole size issue, if size is an issue, to go by. |
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| Thank you for the ID! |
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- Posted by pensacolarobin z8NWFla (My Page) on Thu, Sep 13, 12 at 22:09
| Search gardenweb for "long aloe walk 2" by lzrddr.I was hooked after I found his pages. Next, research Mesa Gardens. I have bought seeds and "starter" plants from him at very inexpensive prices and am happy with the results. The way I figure it, lzrddr's page has cost me a couple hundred dollars and I wouldn't have it any other way. |
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- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Thu, Sep 13, 12 at 22:23
| robin, You've not yet been to the Institute for Aloe Studies? Get several more score of 20-dollar bills and support an Aloeicious Earth. You're quite right about Geoff (lzddr) and his Aloe compendiums - they're prompts for lots of oohs and ahhhs. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Aloes from Soup to Nuts
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- Posted by echemaniac (My Page) on Fri, Sep 14, 12 at 5:25
| I can guarantue these hybrids are well worth bidding on....... I imported quite a few from Rennie a couple of years ago.. you may find they were originally hybridised by Dick Wright.... Bev in Oz. |
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- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Sat, Sep 15, 12 at 9:36
| xericgrowers,com one can get the Kelly Griffen Hybred aloes straight from the master himself and I think one should always support those whoes hands and research developed the strain. Aridlands has inexpensive aloes I find a lot of KG aloes out in the nurseies. |
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- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Sat, Sep 15, 12 at 17:19
| Aloe hybrid flowers did you say? OK, here's one of today's. |
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- Posted by pensacolarobin z8NWFla (My Page) on Mon, Sep 17, 12 at 11:17
| Thanks Cactusmcharris for the info. Checking my Dave Ramsey budget to see what I have to spend and then I'm off to the new website you suggested. |
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- Posted by juliebees2009 7 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 2:22
| Man and I can not even get a normal one to live! these are all so beautiful and I never saw a bloom like that. |
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