I bought this aloe plant at a farmers market in the summer. There was only the two bigger plants in a small pot so I replanted them into a bigger pot, which they liked alot because they made alot more aloe plants. I dont know what type of aloe they are yet. Also they are losing acouple leaves, the leaves dry up and look dead so I have been cuting the dead parts off is this normal for them to be doing. They might be losing them for the winter but they are inside my bed room were it stays around 70-80 degrees F. I have been watering them once every 1-2 weeks. They are growing very fast so I dont know if they go dormant. Thank you
I looked up some pictures of aloe plants and the aloe veras didnt have any spots on them. Thanks for trying though. I looked up alot of types and it kinda looks like a Aloe ankoberensis, it has the same spots but my plants leaves are more spred out. It also looks kinda like a Aloe andongensis but alot of the pictures I found of it had alot more spots than mine has but that doesint meen it still isnt one, mine also has more spred out leaves than alot of the pictures of these. It also looked like a Aloe camperi but still has the same identification problems the other ones had. It looked like alot of different aloes maby if I can get it to flower this might be easier.
I would also say Aloe vera v. chinensis. This may be going by the name Aloe barbadensis v. chinensis...but I'm not sure. When young, they have more spots on the leaves. You can see pix & read up on this at the following links: #34 on this page: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/faculty-old/flowerarranging/Flowerarrangingplants/Week3plants.htm http://www.plantoftheweek.org /week258.shtml http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/ALOE/Aloe_vera/Aloe_vera_chinensis/Aloe_vera_chinensis.htm
O I didnt know there were different veriaties of aloe vera. That is it thanks. I thought there was only one aloe vera type plants.
Aloe vera does have spots. Looks like a good id. Most aloes are winter growers. Check out http://www.aloestudies.org/ Put together by one of the foremost Aloe experts in the world. Pretty good range of photos at the site - vetted by experts. I will ask them about the lack of A. vera photos, though, and will post here. The web master of that site is away for the holidays.
I have labeld it and looked it over again. And to my supprise there are two more aloe plants sprowting from the two big ones. I got the leaves healthier and it looks completelt healthy now.
Thanks when it flowers I will post pics I think it will flower I heard that aloes flower sometimes but still waiting for it.
My colleague did not realize that Aloe vera was not pictured at the site - it will be remedied sooner or later. He added these comments: Aloe vera, like many Arabian aloes, has lots of spots when it is little but loses most of them when it matures. There is another plant, Aloe vera var. chinensis (smaller and offsetting more prolifically, and with red-orange flowers rather than yellow like Aloe vera), that keeps its spots to maturity. However, most people seem to think it is a hybrid and not a real var. of Aloe vera. It is often sold as A. vera and is used as a "sunburn plant". And he offered this correction: It is not correct to say that most aloes are winter growers. Since the winter-rainfall area of Africa/Arabia/Madagascar is only a small percentage, there are far more species which are summer-rainfall, or all-year rainfall, or opportunistic growers. It is worth noting that the equator does not HAVE a winter, since there are 12 hours of day & 12 hours of night there all year long, so aloes in equatorial regions cannot be said to be summer growers OR winter growers. However, there are many Aloe species which come into FLOWER in winter, no matter what their season of growth may be.
The type of aqloe we all found out it was was aloe vera v. chinensis. The bigger ones look like they are getting even more spots. Also the little ones that just came out of the soil dont have any spots yet.
Often how many spots on an Aloe will depend on the age size and how it is watered and so on, I have a large Aloe which is the mother plant for all of my pups that I remove each year. They don't mind a bit of cold they do live happily in the desert after all. They hate to be damp though. The Mother plant no longer has any spots on it but the babys after they lose the inititial green fresh colour and establish themselves all get those distinctive white spots on them, i use a mixture of 40% sand to 60% soil or peat based compost for mine and I water around once a month and they thrive, brilliant to have around for treating burns, sunburn or even as a shampoo. The jelly from inside the leaves is even used for gentle colon cleansing these days, but they are an excellent plant for many different treatments and whatnot. I have a few growing outside that have adapted to the UK climate here in the rockery that is free draining so that the damp deosnt kill them. looking at your pictures I would put them in individual pots and leave them plenty of room to grow. Nath
I would do that but there isnt any room for every single one of them to have their own pot after winter is gone I'm going to plant them into a bigger pot that will be big enough for all of them for a while though. So they will be planted into something bigger just not right now all of my dirt is a little well frozen already. Thanks for all of the responces
