Picture taken 8-7-09.
This is the Aloe that was given to me by Kyle Hall’s grandmother, Brenda Jobe. He brought it to me, bare root, and I put it right in this pot. It was weird because it seemed like only a matter of days I looked in the pot and it already had 3 babies! . It started growing like crazy, so I re-potted it. It has continued to grow like mad and produce many offspring.
I do not know what species it is yet, but maybe someday I will find out. For now, I am calling it ‘Kyle’s Grandma’.
Kyle says the ‘parent ‘ plant is like a family heirloom and used to be his great, great grandmother’s. A lady gave it to her in 1954 when she lived in Vicksburg. Kyles grandmother brought it to this town when she moved here in 1994. She said the plant has bloomed many times over the years. The way it grows and produces, it is no wonder this species has survived for so many years.
I thank Kyle and his grandmother for giving me a start of their heirloom Aloe.
Another picture of the same Aloe in the above picture... taken on September 3, 2009!
I have re-potted it in a bigger pot since these pictures were taken. It is really amazing! With so many other Aloe species, you can bet I will be adding many more to my collection!
The MAGNIFICENT Aloe 'Kyle's Grandma' taken on 12-16-09.
2-27-2010 ALOE UPDATE. Winter has been OK on the Aloe, as it continued growing. I did notice a few days ago that the “babies” were also having babies, so I thought it might time to do some re-arranging. The older babies seemed to be pushing the older plant out of the pot, so I knew something had to be done. I had never grown an Aloe before, let alone “extracted” babies from the mother plant, so I was not at all sure what I was doing. I decided to feel around in the soil around the babies and see if they were still connected to the larger plant. They are hardly babies, anyway, being at least half the height of the larger plant. Luckily they didn’t appear to still be attached. Being that the soil was still pretty loose, I just kind of pulled them out of the pot one by one. The root system on Aloe is much bigger compared to most succulents, so I had to go to the shed and find adequate pots.
Not only did I manage to add four more pots of Aloe from the main plant, Kyle had also brought me four babies from his grandmother a few days before. Now I have 9 Aloe plants!
