Stan, after looking at my plants for comparison, I think yours is definitely A. rupestris with a little different shade to the flower color. I think your plant looks a little different from mine because yours is in the ground and very happy. On closer looking your leaves are thinner than a A. ferox and the pollen on yours is cream/white like my A. rupestris. The only thing I can't see is if yours is offsetting. All my clones offset profusely. All my clones unfortunately are in pots.

Mother plant.

Closer flower for color comparison.

Poor focus. Close-up of bottle brush with cream/white pollen.

Close-up of orange A. ferox. Distinct lips on perianth. Stamens(?) thicker, darker, orange pollen turning black. The A. ferox racemes are also longer and pointed. No soda can, cut off look. Seeing your plant makes me want to get one of mine in the ground now more than ever.

This is what it looked like in 2009..what a huge change in morphology. About 6-8" tall then. I had to re plant it when the top got so heavy the thin stem snapped growing it in a pot. Its done fine on its in ground heavy trunk

This picture definitely confirms A. rupestris to me. It looks exactly like most of my potted ones. They are so scrawny looking when in pots.

Also- here's a pic with the sun at my back..reduced the red a bit.

Aloebot, on Agaveville.com somebody posted a 8 trunk A.rupestris that like your's are green leafed. Mine never turns green leafed,winter or summer. Also,mine never pups- so far.

Stan, the pups are mostly orange/red like your early picture. They get greener with maturity I think.

Here ferox bloom is a couple of months at least ahead of rupestris.

For some reason this year my Aloes are all confused. The Aloes with trunks are all a month or so behind their usual schedule. My A. marlothii and A. excelsa which usually are visible in Feb. still have not appeared. My A. ferox which usually start showing up around the new year didn't start till the end of Jan. start of Feb.. My A. barberae didn't bloom at all. My A. spectabilis has not started yet either.