Aloe Vera is a succulent that can treat burns, look nice, and bloom sometimes. My wife has several Aloe plants and one of them is now blooming. Click on the pictures to enlarge them. This first one shows how tall the flowering stalk is:
And a close-up of the flowering part:
This next picture shows the base plant much better than the first picture does:
I noticed some muddy tracks on my deck this morning. We must have had an intruder last night. Not quite sure what it was, maybe a cat or a coon or an opossum. So far I haven't seen any damage that the intruder caused.
Do any of you know what made the above tracks? If so, let me know. Now, you all have a great day, you hear?
Looks coony to me.
ReplyDeleteThat is what I thought, but having caught an Opossum not long ago, I figured he had brothers and sisters around here somewhere.
DeleteIf an animal came up on my deck I'd rather it be a raccoon than a possum or a cat!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, but they can all mess a place up.
DeleteI'm guessing a raccoon.
ReplyDeletePeople up north keep those plants as houseplants but they never sprout up like that. Pretty neat.
Yep, me too. I have seen them grow a shoot like that once or twice before, but believe they don't do it very often and only under the right conditions. Don't know for sure.
DeleteI have had an Aloe Vera as a house plant but it never bloomed like that. I'm not a tracker so I can't help you out with the prints. Have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteAccording to my research, if the plant is kept indoors it will not bloom. It has to have a lot of direct sunlight. In case you didn't notice, the ones in my picture are outside.
DeleteI have never seen a flowering aloe vera before. Mother has one outside in full sunlight but it does not look as nice as your wife's.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it is the wrong sex (grin).
DeleteIn all the years i had them, just once one bloomed,, yellow. I had left it in a dark room.
ReplyDeleteI guess they just bloom when ever they want, or not.
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