A very common plant often sold as Aloe striata is actually a hybrid, likely between Aloe striata and Aloe maculata [syn A. saponaria] that is grown from open pollinated seed. Though there is considerable variability and other parents might be involved, these plants often have light corral to darker orange flowers rising above freely pupping rosettes of lightly spotted leaves that have soft teeth along their margins. They are often very attractive plants but should not be confused with the more solitary Aloe striata which has broad rose-tinged gray leaves with faint dark longitudinal stripes and dark pink toothless margins.
We have grown Aloe striata since first offering it in our 1982 catalog. We do not sell this hybrid and our plants of Aloe striata are grown only from our own from seed that is collected from isolated plants maintained for such purpose on our nursery grounds. For nearly 30 years these plants have yielded seed that has consistantly produced uniform plants of true Aloe striata.
