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The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
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Hello, 

What is this house plant please? 

Thank you

Fred

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I'd like to know too! I have several of those - the original was bought for £1 from a charity stall. The lady I bought it from said it was an aloe but I'm not convinced.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @wild edges is the chap for succulents.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
    Hi thanks for your reply. Its not aloe


  • clarke.bruntclarke.brunt Posts: 215
    I'd say it's a Gasteria.  Aloe are fairly closely related, but it has the 'Gasteria' look to the leaves, but a more 'Aloe' look to the form of the rosette. A quick search for 'Gasteria' and looking in 'image search' throws up something that looks very similar - it's even on another part of this very site https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/gasteria-flow/ - without knowing how Gasteria cultivar 'Flow' originated, it could be a hybrid - it might even involve Aloe in its parentage. Indeed a bit more searching suggests that it does.



  • The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
    Thats it. Thank you 😊

    Stay safe

    Fred
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Look like it. One of mine is putting up a flower spike now though so maybe it's confused (It doesn't normally live in the kitchen, I moved it for its photo opportunity).


    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • clarke.bruntclarke.brunt Posts: 215
    That's a very Aloe-like flower in the last photo. Gasteria is so named because the flowers are shaped a bit like a stomach (as in gastric, etc.). If Gasteria 'Flow' is really a Gasteria/Aloe hybrid, then its genus would be better given as 'x Gasteraloe', since it isn't a proper Gasteria.

    I've got flowers developing on Aloe variegata and Aloe plicatilis at the moment (February) so not unusual to get flowers now. The one kind of Gasteria I have usually flowers later in the year (but, for all I know, there may be kinds which flower earlier).
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    The flower isn't fully developed yet, so I'll see what it looks like when it is. They've flowered before but I didn't take much notice of the shape (other than roughly tubular).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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