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Aloe wickensii

Photo by Ava T-B
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Field Notes

Description:

Slightly spiky aloe with leaves more than a foot long. It flowers in late-December (in Southern California at any rate) and early January. The flower is red and yellow and quite striking.

Notes:

The pictures are in backwards order of blooming from mid-January back through December.

Reference Links:

Aloe wickensii – Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Aloe aculeata
VanessaVermaak
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Aloe

Aloe cryptopoda (syn: Aloe wickensii)

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jprat001
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Comments (7)
Ava T-B
Picture #6 has seed pods.
jprat001
definitely an aloe species, so it would be in the asphodelaceae family
Ava T-B
Nope, the leave are completely different from Aloe arborescense (Krantz aloe) seen here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8190561
Apple
If it is aculeata it is often called Red Hot Poker Aloe as its common name which is why it might be thought of as a lily since Red Hot Poker often referred to as Torch Lily is thought of as a lily even though it is not.
Ava T-B
Susi T-B can you ID this? I know it looks like an aloe but I'm pretty sure it's in the lily family.
Apple
There are thorns on the edges but aculeata has thorns all over the leaf structure.
Apple
It is definitely aloe but I doubt that it is aculeata as that is a thorny version of aloe and these leaves do not appear to have any thorns.

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