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A Leo Thamm hybrid. Plant rosette grows to about 1 metre in diameter. Grows a stem and will branch. I suspect parentage has a. capitata in it. Many racemes make up a large volume of flowers about 60 centimetres above the plant.
This hybrid is very similar to aloe 'Southern Cross' (also Leo Thamm) except the racemes taper at the top and the individual flowers have less prominent stripes.
aloe 'Moonglow' raceme
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aloe 'Moonglow' flower detail
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aloe 'Moonglow' plant and flowers
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aloe 'Moonglow' raceme from above with a. capitata features
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aloe 'Moonglow' raceme later
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My guess is that's likely "Proprietary Information" of Sunbird Aloes. In looking over many of their multitude of hybrids listed on their website, I have not seen any information disclosing the parentage of any of them. Makes sense to me, and I can't blame them either. http://www.sunbirdaloes.co.za/aloe-hybr ... e-moonglow" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
toditd wrote:Stan, your 'Moonglow' sure puts on a great show! I'd be very tempted to "GET ONE!", but I rarely see Leo Thamm hybrids offered here locally.
Same. They don't appear often and the last time I saw some at the big box they had aloe mites.
It might be a while to send more cuttings. For one- all the shoots are large. No small shoots that fill in the gaps. Also,I had somebody take a couple from the right side- my eyeballs see the open area .
But,one day,I might take a back cutting and put it up for trade on Agaveville first and only. I wish I had bought every one HD had in the two stores close to my house. It would be killer trade bait.
But if any other chance for a healthy one comes up?...jump on it.
I have a good clump of these now, from offsets a friend gave me (plus one that I traded with Stan). They only make big fat offsets, never little ones. It's funny because they grown plant is medium size at best. But Stan's right, no little offsets...
Stan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:03 pm
2023. I think over the years some pups have been removed..not by me.
Happy Valentine's Day, @Stan. Not sure how you got there ahead of me, we're in the same time zone. I wanted to add that Moonglow seems to have *some* frost tolerance. I'm not sure how much, but I've left one of mine out unprotected this winter in heavy rainfall and cold weather. Maybe it does have capitata influence, the leaves certainly do have similar colors. I plan to cover it tomorrow, just because we have a hard freeze in the forecast and I don't want the bloom stalks damaged since I haven't had the pleasure of seeing it flower yet.
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