Aloe Aristata in bloom

This is quite common (I think) and easy to grow aloe. Not very unusual and I think it can be found Ikea.
What makes it more special is the story behind.

Few years ago I was visiting my cousin and she had few pots of it growing in her kitchen. She said it grows so fast and has so many of shoots... she will give one little baby.

Cool! The smaller the better - easier to carry in handlanguage.

Then she told me she got it also as small baby from her daughter. The daughter got it when she moved to her new flat (she doesn't live there anymore and the aloe is still here).

So from city to city, house to house it ended up on the other side of Europe.

This spring I repotted it to this big and shallow pot and damn it loves it! It was a small bush in the middle and now it slowly starts to touch the edges too. I wish it didn't grow so fast - I don't have a bigger pot for it.

And this must be my favourite photo. I really like how the flower stems bended and hangs down.

This is such such a forgiving plant! It had much smaller pot before and you can see some dry leaves in the center since it didnt hold enough water for it and I tend to forget to water them sometimes. That biggest rosette is the one I brought with me. All the little babies grew here. Now with more room in the new pot it starts to look a little better. And for the first time it bloomed for me with two flowers stems.

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_{Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.}