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Care. Most aloes are easy plants given a bright, warm location and water in moderation. Aloes require bright light, and most can take full sun in mild climates. Indoor aloes do best when placed right by an unobstructed sunny window. They prefer good drainage, especially in containers, and regular water when the soil is going dry, but not sooner ...
Aloe 'California'. Aloe. 'California'. Other info: Sow seeds in sandy soil. Seeds germinate in a few weeks at temperatures between 68 and 75 degrees F. Seedlings need moist but well-drained soil. Other: Stems cut below a node root easily. Cut a stem that has gotten leggy, let it dry out for at least a few hours to form a seal on the cut surface.
This giant of the aloe tribe is a thick-trunked, dichotomously branching tree to 30-60 feet with advanced age. Flowers are usually pink. The species was formerly known as Aloe bainesii, but the name barberae was found to have priority in 1994. From southeastern Africa. Fast growing for a tree aloe, especially when given regular water.
While there are over 300 varieties of aloe vera, Aloe barbadensis Miller is the most commonly known. It features lance-shaped leaves and spiky flowers, and its leaves break open to reveal a green gel.
Aloe vera (formerly known as barbadensis) is a yellow-flowered plant with mostly unspotted adult leaves. Its medicinal application involves topical use of the gel for skin-related ailments. The flowers (always yellow) are ventricose, meaning they have a little belly on the underside, a distinguishing feature.
Aloe hybrid created in 1998 by van der Meer and van der Meer, crossing Gonialoe variegata (then known as Aloe variegata) with a second aloe said to be the same species, but having hybrid features that were passed on to the offspring "Tiki Tahi". The key differences between this named cultivar and the species Gonialoe variegata are the shape of ...
Name: Baja. Baja California (Zone 11b) The light green color is a sign your plant is not getting enough light. It needs to "see" the sun for hours each day through the window. Ideally it should be located right in front of a sunny, unobstructed southerly facing window this time of year. Also, it is not Aloe vera but another aloe, probably a hybrid.
I have inherited a fairly large potted aloe vera plant and I have a few questions about it. 1) it is very top heavy and unless I prop it up it will flop over. When I examine the 'trunk' of the plant it appears that the older leaves have dropped off over the years and have left quite a long (5") and fairly skinny 'trunk' sticking out above the ...
This species absorbed the former Aloe ausana, a plant with long underground stolons from a particular winter rainfall area of Namibia. Aloe variegata was recently moved to the new genus Gonialoe ("angle aloe", presumably referring to the leaf shape), along with the former Aloe dinteri and Aloe sladeniana, smaller plants from Namibia which are ...
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