Variegated Gasteraloe Gasteria-Aloe Hybrid

Plant sales are one of my favorite and least favorite times of year. Favorite, because I get to find all kinds of plants I've been desperately wanting, and new ones I didn't even know I wanted yet, too. Least favorite, because I always end up blowing a week's paycheck. On freaking plants.

Mount's Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach, FL happens to be practically walking distance from my house, so I always make it a point to go to the plant sales. This occasion was an orchid sale, most of which is out of my price range, but I was counting on a few oddball vendors showing up. My mission- I had $100 burning a hole in my pocket, and my per-plant limit I set for myself was $10.

Sure enough, I found this overgrown pot of variegated gasteraloe, a variegated gasteria aloe hybrid. It was unlabeled, but a very nice seller on ebay had sent me a little pup as a bonus to some variegated wandering jew and pothos I had bought, so I was able to identify it.

I'll be sure to toss some of these pups on ebay, it's alway fun to try to make back what I spent on the plant.


Cost: $8
Source: Mount's Botanical Garden plant sale

Variegated Aloe

This is another new acquisition for me, $10 from the fall plant sale at Mount's Botanical Garden. I love aloe, and I love all things variegated, so this was a no-brainer. Can't wait until it starts having pups, I hope to grow a bunch of these and sell/trade the extra pups, looks like that will be a while though.

Gold Tooth Aloe

Aloe is fun, I love growing it and I've never had a problem selling extra pups on ebay for some extra plant money. This gold tooth aloe is a new one for me, and seems to be doing well. I've recently devoted an area of the yard to succulents and cacti so I can grow more. I usually have pups available for sale or trade. :)