It looks like Ferox to me :-)

Travis

It looks like ferox to me, too. It could also be marlothii. There's no certain way to tell until it gets a bit older, and blooms.

Based on the number of spines on the bottom of the leaf, I'd guess that it is A. marlothii.

Could it be aculeta or peglarae?

I have both peglerae and aculeata, and they look nothing like this.

aculeata:
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peglerae:
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Larry, yours looks more like marlothii to me with those white rings around each spine and the seam down the middle.

Julie, if yours has the bold white rings around the spines and the seam down the middle like in Larry's aculeata photo, then I would say it is def. Aloe marlothii. If on the other hand it doesn't, then yes it may be a Ferox.

Rose,

Aloes with 'pasties' around the bottom-of-the-leaf teeth are (almost invariably, to the best of my knowledge) Aloe aculeata.

Larry's first photo is of an Aloe aculeata.

Well Jeffrey, I am just going by my plant, which is one that you identified for me this time last year or so Darlin! Ok so mine is now Aloe Aculeata also. I will make sure I change that tag, she needs repotted anyway. Thank you. : )

It definitely has no white around the spines, they are the brightest red. that was the reason I thought it couldnÂt be A. Ferox.

"Pasties"?

Where have you been hanging out lately, Jeffrey? Is there special entertainment at those San Diego C&S meetings that we should know about?

But leaving aside the naughty thoughts for just a moment: can you guys spell out for me the differences between A. marlothii and A. aculeata? I've recently murdered ~yet another~ marlothii (at least I think it was marlothii), and I'm going to be replacing it this summer. I want to make sure I'm getting the Real Deal.

Also, is it marlotthii? Or marlothii? Now that I've been looking at them for a while, trying to remember the correct spelling, they both look like jello to me.

Are there ~any~ differences between A. marlothii and A. aculeata? Or are they really the same plant? Maybe one's a spy, and has a entire secret identity - like that old Jerry O'Connell show, My Secret Identity. Except instead of being able to run really, really fast, the aloe would be able to shoot spikes at bad guys. And ~then~ the aloe would run really, really fast.

Anyway, what characteristics differentiate marlotthii from aculeata? And what's this business about peglerae? Looks like a marlothii to me...

Shelly