What is this succulent?

Dirty Harry · May 2020

Have 2 of these and I've looked at a load of sites to try and identify this but not finding anything at all that looks a good match for what appears to be fairly unique. The leaves only seem to grow on the one axis.

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Dirty Harry · May 2020

Sods law after posting this I think I may have found the answer after googling 'spiky aloe'.

Is it fair to say this is probably Aloe Ferox?

edit: or Aloe Marlothii even?

Dirty Harry · May 2020

While we're at it, this is another odd one I've been struggling to identify-

Alan Clark2 in Liverpool · May 2020

It looks like A. marlothii to me, although there are several similar species.

"When not in flower, it is easily confused with the closely related Zimbabwe Aloe, and with the similar-looking Cape Aloe and African Aloe species to the south"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_marlothii

Dirty Harry · May 2020

Dirty Harry said:

While we're at it, this is another odd one I've been struggling to identify-

Any takers on the above?

Alan Clark2 in Liverpool · May 2020

It is a cristate form of something, an example of fasciation. Identification of the species could be difficult for an abnormal plant like that.

Dirty Harry · May 2020

So it is actually genuinely abnormal?

Would explain why I've struggled.

What is this succulent?

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