Rina, the last pic you show of the variegated guy does tend to look more like an Aloe (teeth on edges, but Haws have them as well). The other pic, showing thin leaves~seemed like you could see through them, making me think Haworthia. Not so sure it would be A. nobilis, but that is a possibility. Yes, also possible it is etiolated. Wait till it grows a bit & we can have another crack at it! =) I also agreed with Geoff, that #1 Aloe could be maculata.

Nice plants Amy. I would say your Adromischus looks more like A.triflorus than A.cooperi there is so much variation in leaf forms within the species that sometimes it is quite difficult to get a hard and fast ID. The flowers are a great way of narrowing it down as it puts your plant into the right group or section for IDing. If you get a chance to obtain the excellent book Adromischus by John Pilbeam,Chris Rodgerson and Derek Tribble you will find it very informative with super pictures of all the species and shows also the different flowers within the different groups. Hope this helps. Niel.

It's a male Summer Tanagers; the ones here are just getting yellow patches. Here is one I photographed at 10:15 this morning on top of Poppy Mnt From 6-5-09, birds

A-Ha! Well, now that I know they are around, I guess I better grow some Dutchman's Pipe....was already thinking of adding it to the gardens... Thanks Larry_Gene!