redmesa
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Anyone know this plant?
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Bob H
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Looks like some type of Aloe Vera plant
http://freealoeplant.tripod.com/
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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redmesa
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That is what I thought but I have never seen anything like this in the Aloe family before. It must be some type of real hybrid. I took this photo in
California on Angel Island, Fort McDowell.
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ecomujeres
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Looks more like some kind of Bromeliad (family = Bromeliaceae).
They are epiphytes and are often referred to as "air plants", since they usually live on top of other plants (in notches, on limbs, attached via the
host's spines, etc.) and collect rain and dirt particles and sometimes insects that provide nutrients.
Try googling images of "Bromeliad" or "Bromeliaceae" and you'll see the resemblance. There are gazillions of species and horticultural varieties.
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Marinero
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I have a single plant in Los Barriles that looks spot on to this clump. When it bloomed this spring, it had an alow flower and not a bromeliad
flower.
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Marinero
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mmmmm, make that "aloe" flower........
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Skipjack Joe
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I'll allow for that mistake.
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jeans
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It's an aloe plant. We have one about the same size... maybe larger. It's about 15, 20 years old I have a picture of it when it was small. It puts
out big red flowers every Christmas.
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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durrelllrobert
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anything found on an island in SF bay is going to be a little strange
Bob Durrell
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
I'll allow for that mistake. |
Thanks, Joe.....good eye
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durrelllrobert
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Anyone know this plant?
Don't know it personally. We were never introduced, but I may kow her cousin.
Bob Durrell
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BajaBlanca
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"Don't know it personally. We were never introduced, but I may kow her cousin."
certainly is one big healthy plant !
allow and allow - took me a minute to get it ....
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