Once beautiful Aloe is dying....NEED HELP!!!
jazzyblu
6 years ago
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Helen Agius (Adelaide,Sth Aus) USDA Z10b
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My Aloe Variegata (Tiger Aloe)
Comments (19)For plants that grow outdoors, the bloom time is in the spring.I am in Texas so it started showing its bloom in January. I first noticed a tiny long skinny protuberance , almost 1/16" by and 1inch and they were there for months before the bloom top showed in January. Here if you look real carefully just above the central "V" where the main leaves join, you will see it. If you click it , you will go to my flicker page, and click it again I think you can enlarge the image for a better view. I was able to know how many blooms I was going to get..Second shot shows the buds and the last shot shows how the "protuberance connects with the bud. This shows on another species of aloe but is hidden on the variegata. I thought it might be of interest. so you know what you are looking at. This does not happen on all aloes....See MorePossible Black Widow in Aloe Vera. Help!
Comments (8)I have grown up around these all my life (our home as a kid was infested with them), and have what I guess are many hundreds in my tiny back yard aloe garden now, though baking hot summers have taken their toll on these little 'pests' (or 'pets). They do do a pretty good job keeping the larger insect numbers down, but would be a lot happier if they would eat mealies, snails and white flies (which they seem to ignore for some reason). Actual chance of getting bit by one is pretty remote, unless they climb up your pant leg, or you pick one up with your bare hands.. mine seem to take off in the opposite direction any time I disturb them or their ugly webs (they have about the least interesting webs of all the spider world). Massive numbers of egg sacs seem to matter not as probably one one out of thousand babies survive any length of time at all, and half of those will end up being harmless males. one of my back yard 'pets'...See MoreAloe ID help please
Comments (16)Thanks, Jeff & Norma! Just nice-smelling favors, Jeff! :P (Blush!) Thanks so much for all the compliments, but I don't think so...on all counts! Norma, I've met you on 2 occasions. Once, several years back at a SDCSS meeting and again at Patrick Anderson's Garden Party (also a few yrs. ago). You may have driven up with Dana that year, but I'm not sure. I was also friends with Al Waltemyer, whom you knew. Not that any of this helps you remember who I am. :) Brad, fabulous pic (as always) of the ocean view over the sux!...See Moreneed help with aloe, orchid cactus
Comments (10)These are epiphytic rainforest cacti, which are far different than their desert cousins. They naturally hang over as they grow. No need to try and stake them upwards unless you want to. I never thought of doing this until you suggested it. So I did a quick search and found a rather beautiful example of one that was staked to grow upwards...Care for these plants is similar to other epiphytes such as orchids, anthuriums, and thanksgiving/christmas/easter cacti. I bought two cuttings a cultivar of this plant called 'Clown.' They've grown rather long and it was hanging over the side of the pot. Well, I had it stored away in my unheated garage for the winter, and it ended up falling over and breaking into several pieces... I guess it was a blessing in disguise because it gave me many more cuttings to work with in order to grow an even fuller plant. Not only that, but upon closer examination of the cuttings I made, I noticed that there was a small infestation of scale. I was able to clean them off before I repotted them into a new pot with a fresh soil mix. If the plant hadn't fallen over, I wouldn't have noticed the infestation until next spring. ^^^ This isn't my photo, but it shows what mine will look like once it's grown much larger and blooms. I was hoping to initiate some flower buds over this winter, but it looks like that won't be happening until the following spring. Either way, it'll definitely be worth the wait....See MoreKaren S. (7b, NYC)
6 years agoKylie Jackson (Zone 7b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agojazzyblu
6 years agojazzyblu
6 years agoKaren S. (7b, NYC)
6 years agogreenclaws UK, Zone 8a
6 years ago
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