To those who found this blog, Welcome! This is a catalog of my plants, mostly succulents. I have too many to keep track of and hope to rely on this as an easily accessible inventory of my continuously growing collection. Enjoy!
Looks pretty (very) red! You missed an a marlothii! hehe I can never get used to red aloes, although they are pretty, maybe because we see them regularly in the country-side. LT
Forgot to say - want to see this plant really blossom and grow as a focus, put it in the ground, they do 10x better, unless really big pot. I did this with mine and it put on weight and lots of height. LT
I should get out and take more current photos of this plant. Good advice...it is doing much better in the ground. Turned back to green. Your A. merlothii's are magnificent!! I hope this one recovers well and looks just as good.
The jury is still out as to why aloes turn red. Sometimes it's their nature (seasonal), sometimes it's a response to stress. I believe it's the latter with this one. I have since transplanted it into the garden in part shade. It has turned green and plumped up. Doing much better. I do miss the red colors though!
How fascinating! I agree, I think the beautiful orange/salmon colour looks really nice. You should get it stressed more often, lol. The colour matches your site. :)
Looks pretty (very) red! You missed an a marlothii! hehe I can never get used to red aloes, although they are pretty, maybe because we see them regularly in the country-side. LT
ReplyDeleteForgot to say - want to see this plant really blossom and grow as a focus, put it in the ground, they do 10x better, unless really big pot. I did this with mine and it put on weight and lots of height. LT
ReplyDeleteI should get out and take more current photos of this plant. Good advice...it is doing much better in the ground. Turned back to green. Your A. merlothii's are magnificent!! I hope this one recovers well and looks just as good.
DeleteIt takes a while, to get roots to establish, then he goes. Take month on month pics - sometimes this leads to amazing transformations.
DeleteGood idea. I need to update this photo too!
DeleteWow, the colours on this plant look awesome! How did it get like this? The spikes look really good too; very star-fish. :)
ReplyDeleteThe jury is still out as to why aloes turn red. Sometimes it's their nature (seasonal), sometimes it's a response to stress. I believe it's the latter with this one. I have since transplanted it into the garden in part shade. It has turned green and plumped up. Doing much better. I do miss the red colors though!
DeleteHow fascinating! I agree, I think the beautiful orange/salmon colour looks really nice. You should get it stressed more often, lol. The colour matches your site. :)
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