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Yes - small container size plant. This variety will occupy a small flower pot comfortably and remain a manageable sized house plant.

This variety will do their best as houseplants with lots of sun and they become stressed with inadequate light which could result in poor health or even death.

This variety requires temperatures to be above 50°F just to survive and will be much happier if year round temperatures remain even warmer and stable.

Yes - easy care root system. This variety stores water in the parts of the plant which are above the soil leaving the root system small enough to fit into a proportionally sized flower pot.

Yes - flowers easily as a house plant. This variety is likely to flower as a house plant, but results will depend on a variety of growing conditions.

Good locations

Potential living space locations include a South window, or perhaps a four seasons room that receives plenty of sun light. This species needs warmth all year round and is recommended for well insulated draft free areas that constantly remain above 50 °F. If this variety is to be set outdoors during the growing season it needs to be in a location with plenty of sun and will tolerate lots of rain.

Size

Three to four pot with many stems. This species may grow to about eight inches high and spread by sending up additional stems from the base.

Ancestry

Yemen, Archipelago and Socotra

Plant Origin

Propagated from pups by windowsillcactus.com.

Photo

Purchase price includes an Aloe squarrosa potted in a plastic pot, and all plants are grown in their pots for at least one growing season before they are sold. All other items in photo are for demonstration purposes only, and the monopoly dogs are shown as a size & scale reference.

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