Norma, lol, you are hilarious.. Sux = succulents..sorry, I shouldn't be so lax, just type out the darn word. How did you get away with typing bast*** in your post? Does GW not consider this word vulgarity? A few wks ago, I typed the word bi*ch in a post, after clicking submit, a window opened warning that word wasn't permitted. IMO, b**ch, 'like bast**d' have a few definitions, one meaning a female dog..yet it was denied. hmm.. Regarding parrots/macaws, Citosa pretty much explained. The last 15 years, I bred Cockatiels. Are you familiar with this bird? They're larger than parakeets, but smaller than, a breadbox..lol, j/k, I don't know which bird to compare to..Let's say from head to tip of tail, they're at least 9". Some a little larger, others smaller. On top of a cockatiels' head is a crest. Did you ever see the bird on the show Barreta/Baretta..sp is incorrect. Baretta has a Cockatoo..if you ever saw this bird, you might recall he too has a crest..the crest sometimes stands erect, especially when a bird is excited or frightened. Anyway, when we bred cockatiels, (not a big business, more of a hobby and to help people who couldn't afford big-time prices.) One pair, description. Male/common gray..his body, mostly gray, some white, gray and white wings..cheek, circles of bright orange. Female/white-face-pearl..no orange..mottled gray and white from head to bottom. Cockatiels can lay anywhere from 1-10 eggs..ours averaged 4-6.. Per every clutch/eggs laid, 1-2 were all yellow babies..some had orange cheecks, others were w/o. The remining chicks mostly looked like dad, but every so often, one resembled mom. My other pair are white face pied/male, and white face pearl/female..Gray babies are without orange.. His wife is number 3..he's outlived, and hope he lives another 20 yrs, 2 wives. Number one was a Cinnamon gray..when they had babies, most were gray w/light orange cheeks, males had deep orange cheeks. The first couple mentioned, somewhere along the line, an all yellow male or female/yellow = Lutino, got in the act..lol. Norma, now for plants, lol, a good number of my succulents are what you call, bast***s..lol..problem is, I do not know their ID's.. I get mixed up with Alow/Haworthia, and yucca/pandanus.. One succulent bought locally looks like hanging baby aloes..It was only a year or two ago I found it was a Sanseveria. Do you know which Sans I'm referring to? Thanks for the help..btw, why Blue & Gold bred with Scarlet macaws produce orange and blue Catlalina's is an enigma..The DNA maker knows for sure..lol..Toni

If you want to strike cuttings, I could break off pieces of Aloe arborescens. I also have Aloe vera :-) You'll need to send me a satchel (email me for my postal address if interested).

Breton- I'm excited to examine this plant when it arrives because I also thought 'green ice' was a Gasteraloe, but I have since also seen the name applied to Aloes and Gasterias, so I'm really curious whether sellers are confused about the genus of their plants, or if they're misapplying the name. OK, full disclosure: I kind-of lost my head. I also ordered an Aloe 'green ice' from another seller, so I might get 2 Gasteraloes, or one Aloe and one Gasteria, or who-knows-what. I'm excited to find out. thanks everyone for your help! I'll post pictures as soon as they arrive next week.

Stush, I knew you'd pop up on here! Both of you have gorgeous collections, which is dangerously inspiring me. :) The plant in the latest picture, labeled Green Ice, is the one that I recognize as Green Ice. The other two - I have seen the red one before, but don't recall the name. The white one - no idea. Last night I did also see another potential Gasteraloe - very smooth leaves, with small widely-spaced teeth. The whole plant was very dark green, and the leaves were channeled. Didn't want to get it without a name. I also saw Gasteraloe Green Gold. My friend has sent me pieces of leaves that had rooted and produced pups. I didn't realize you could do that with these.