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May 21, 2024 7:18 AM CST
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Name: Thea
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Can someone please tell me what this is?


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May 21, 2024 8:39 AM CST
Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)
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Looks like an aloe. Probably best to root in soil, not water. Provide lots of light.
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May 21, 2024 9:24 PM CST
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Name: Thea
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Any idea what kind of Aloe?
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May 22, 2024 11:50 AM CST
Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)
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Nothing stands out as an obvious answer to me. The artificial light is kind of confusing me about the color.

The closest I can get is to place it within a group of scrambling, shrubby aloes now moved to Aloiampelos, like ciliaris and striatula. Maybe. They grow relatively long stems with relatively insubstantial leaves, eventually forming a sort of thicket or low bush when left to their own devices in the ground. There are also various hybrids between Aloe and Aloiampelos which may be hard to pin down, as well as shrubby Aloes outside this group.

These aloes are not exactly upright under the best of conditions, once they reach a couple of feet tall. Messy growers. You might need to stake your plant down the road if you wish it to continue growing upright. Strong light will cause it to grow the strongest stems with the most compact spacing.

As this is an intermediate cut of a longer stem (it lacks a growth center) it will need to sprout new heads before it can resume properly growing. That is fairly reliable, the buds are right above the base of the leaves. But it takes time (months usually). So be patient.
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May 23, 2024 6:59 AM CST
Name: Sally
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I agree with Baja
Climbing Aloe (Aloiampelos ciliaris)

Spitting image of my cuttings.
I find that these cuttings usually make 2 side stems. I've been cutting and rearranging to get or maintain a reasonably neat potted plant. I shorten the bare stems and go right in dirt.
Plant it and they will come.
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May 31, 2024 3:50 PM CST
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