No id, suggestions please

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No id, suggestions please

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Lost label, but i seem to recalll it may have had DR Kenya on it. Underside of the leaves similar lineate? To the upper surface. Any ideas welcome.
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Aloe petrophila?
Check out the plant in photo #5, first post. I can imagine a more stressed version looking even closer, with darker color and curled leaf edges...
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Yes, thanks, that is a good possibility, i'll check the sap later, see if it is pale greenish as per definitive guide....
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matches Aloe immaculata a bit more closely, though flowers match both.
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Yes, possibly Geoff, thanks, it will help when it flowers, nice aloe anyway.
Chris
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