Looking to ID new Aloe

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AloeVera (Zone 6a) Sep 20, 2001

I just posted this message with the picture in the Identification forum, hoping for help.
So far I have 3 suggested names - A. brevifolia, A. peglerae, A. pratensis.
According to desert-tropicals, brevifolia should have white spots, sometime raised all over the plant. Mine does not have any spots, it is all the same bluish color with white "dust", like A. vera. But it is much more blue than
A. vera. Also, please notice that it grows in a fan shape, not the rosette - at least few first rows of leaves. The only other fan shaped aloe I found is A. plicatilis and A. brachyphylla, but they both has almost no thorns and
very rounded tips of the leaves. Mine has thorns on the edges and in the middle part of the back side of the leaves. Biggest leaf is about 3.5" tall and 1.25" wide.
Any ideas?
Thanks!!!

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Emily_AK Sep 20, 2001

AloeVera,
I purchased an aloe just like this earlier this summer. I bought it from oldmancactus.com, as Aloe claviflora. I added a link to your picture:
http://davesgarden.com/showforumphoto.php?imageid=5071

Mine is also very blue--it's what attracted me in the first place! The largest leaf on mine is about 4.5" tall, and it's a little wider than yours. It has sort of a "dusty" appearance, too. Mine is growing in sort of a twisted fan shape--the outter leaves are fan-like, and the inner are twisted slightly. I've included a link to the picture at oldmancactus--a vendor that I strongly recommend for nice plants at nice prices. By the way, mine is nowhere near as blue as their photo.
http://www.oldmancactus.com/content/estore_details.asp?product=325

HTH, Emily

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