Aloe 'Coral Fire'?
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Aloe 'Coral Fire'?
I got the plant below some years ago as Aloe 'Coral Fire', but now I believe it is not that cultivar. I thought it could be 'Sean's Red', and I got a plant of that, which is similar but not the same (it is much larger). This plant is also not 'Sunset', that I have and is again much larger. Could it be 'Dental Work'?
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Whatever exactly, it is a beautiful plant. Sure, 'Dental Work' is a possibility.
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Re: Aloe 'Coral Fire'?
Ok, below is another picture of my unknown hybrid that came labelled as 'Coral Fire' but which is not:
And some other similar plants which are definitively not the same as the above:
Aloe 'Sean's Red'
Aloe 'Sunset'
The last two hybrids, although similar in color (bluish leaves with red marginal teeth) are larger plants.
And some other similar plants which are definitively not the same as the above:
Aloe 'Sean's Red'
Aloe 'Sunset'
The last two hybrids, although similar in color (bluish leaves with red marginal teeth) are larger plants.
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Re: Aloe 'Coral Fire'?
So, I finally got a name to my plant. Asked the maker himself, and Kelly Griffin told me that my plant is KG14. I am quite happy to know that KG14 is what I have, this is one that I see mentioned time and again as one of the exceptional plants that was extensively used as a seed parent of many of his later hybrids. I can also cross this one out from my wishlist, and add the true Coral Fire instead
Below are some pictures of it. First two pictures show it when I got it back in 2013. The other pictures are of it flowering now, followed by a picture showing the plant:
Below are some pictures of it. First two pictures show it when I got it back in 2013. The other pictures are of it flowering now, followed by a picture showing the plant:
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That's very cool, and it's a real beauty! (Oh... and now I have one for my wish list... )
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Thanks, I have been crossing it with others I have, hope to have a few nice results in a couple of years
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Re: Aloe 'Coral Fire'?
Marlon, I have a small ‘Coral Fire’ here from Arid Lands. It’s been inside for six weeks to protect it from vagaries of winter climate, but looks pretty normal. It definitely lacks the continuous edge your leaves show basally to about halfway towards the tip. I’ll post a photo tomorrow.
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Re: Aloe 'Coral Fire'?
Thank you Stone Jaguar, my plant is not Coral Fire, it came with that name but I was sure it was not correctly identified after seeing pictures of the real Coral Fire on the net. I thought it could be Sean Red, but later I got one plant of that hybrid and it was different from the one I had. Looking up in the net, I saw pictures of Dental Work and I thought that could be my plant. Now I have asked about its identity in a FB group, and Kelly Griffin answered me, identifying my plant as KG14, one of his old hybrids and one of the best he had at the time, and one that he used a lot to make some of the later hybrids like Sunrise, Lavender Star and many of what he called "Italian Gang" hybrids (I guess he meant the hybrids Donnie, Franco, Jimmy, Vito, Diego, etc., so some or all of these have KG14 in its ancestry). Another tidibit of trivia, he said Sean Red is a play of names on Dick Wright's Doran Black, and Sean is the name of his eldest son. I guess Kelly Blue is also a similar play of names
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Marlon - great detective work. Thanks for finding out and for sharing. Good info!
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