The renowned medicinal aloe ( Aloe vera ) is a lush herb with a slimed but solace sap traditionally hold to soothe peel cuts and mild George Burns . As long as the Aloe vera is not overwatered or exposed to subfreezing temperatures and is provided lots of sun , it will exist for years . It will bloom and bring out seeds as well as young basal plant that can be develop to grow more aloes . You may never run out of plant life to supply the curative to an periodic burn .

Germination

The seed of Aloe vera , when in middleman with moist , warm soil , germinates . A seed solution first egress from the seminal fluid and extends downwardly , anchoring the young works as the first embryonic leave arrive at skywards .

Growth

During the heat of the grow time of year , a rosette of repoint , sarcoid leaves that are full of jellylike mush and sap grows . Leaf edges have vertebral column on them to discourage food - seeking and water system - seeking animate being from eating the folio . As long as temperature never dip below immobilise for extended periods , the foliage tissues remain plump and sturdy . A mature Aloe vera arise to a altitude and width of about 24 inches . At the base of the flora are small , vegetative plant " pups , " which grow alongside the mother flora and eventually create a big , clopping mass of Aloe plants .

Flowers

In late wintertime to midsummer , depend on mood , a mature Aloe vera sends up a tall , svelte flower spike from the centre of its rosette of leaves . At the tip of the spike is a cluster of small , yellow , tube-shaped bloom that are naturally pollinated by hummingbirds in Africa . Outside of its native range , other species of hummingbird pollinate the Aloe vera . Because they are not instinctively intimate with the Aloe flower , however , pollination is not always guaranteed .

Seeds

pollenate flowers develop into a modest green pod that resembles a grooved , fat cuke . As the pod matures , it dry and browns , splitting open to release germ to the soil below . The seeds remain torpid until condition are optimum for their germination .

Death

Aloe vera plant live for 5 to 25 years if not longer , bet on growing conditions . With female parent plants producing both young plant whelp at their bases and seed , many Aloe vera plants often arise in a little expanse . Only extreme environmental stress cause the demise of these succulent , such as a severe freeze , decimation by a athirst animal and an extreme drouth that at last depletes the Aloe ’s moisture . Also , implosion therapy stimulate fungal rot on an Aloe , hastening its death .

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