Aloe Species

The example I posted here, like closeup image copyrighted by Roosli in 'Aloes The Definitive Guide', S. Carter, J. J. Lavranos, L. E. Ne...Read Morewton, C. C. Walker and published by Royal Boantic Gardens shows distinctive reddish lineate (striations) wide triangular leaves curving inward at apex. Flowers are deep salmon-colored.

This has grown in gardens here at Bonsall CA,USA since 2007. The plant was discovered and described in Succulentes 2006 (1) 20 (2006)

This is a Madagascan native, as are all the Aloe deltoideodontas, but this one is often misidentified as Aloe ibitiensis, which is actual...Read Morely a very different looking plant with dark red to red-green, toothed, recurved, lancelote, toothed leaves. This plant (A deltoideodonta ssp. fallax) is a light to bright green plant with subtle but definite striations along the length of the short, thick, triangular, fleshy, pale-green, finely toothed leaves... .just like what most think Aloe ibitiensis looks like. This is an aggressively suckering species forming huge colonies in its native Madagascar. I find it an excellent landscape and potted plant and the flowers are attractive and reliably produced in mid fall.