I just bought an Aloe Plant and Have a question.?

I work at a hotel. And this girl who works here brought one in before I even started working there. And I love the plant. I occasionally break it and put it on my face. It%26#039;s nice, and skinny and beautiful. But Then I wanted to get one for myself, and I went to the nearest floral shop and ordered two of them. But They%26#039;re uglier in my opinion and also they%26#039;re not as Bright Green as the one at work. They are also bigger and have way more juice inside them. But when I broke it open I noticed this disgusting smell. It was absolutely horrible. The one at work has no scent and the one I bought is disgusting. What%26#039;s wrong, what does it need. I just got it today and I%26#039;m clueless.

I just bought an Aloe Plant and Have a question.?
Yes, the problem is probably you have bought a slightly different species to the one your friend has. There are a few hundred different types of aloe and some of them, especially those used as home pot plants are quite similar in appearance, but as you have found out are different when you smell or break them. I doubt it is anything to do with the way you or the shop looked after the plant. Now here comes the hard part, there is not much you can do to change the plant so you have a hard decision to make :-( When you buy another make sure that the shop can definitely reassure you that it is %26#039;aloe vera%26#039;. This is the commonest and probably the species that your friend has. It should look like the picture in the link below.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera
Reply:sounds like an %26#039;americana%26#039;... duller green, harder, uglier-looking... i bought one a while back, also mistaken... http://www.dasignsourcebotanic... Report It

Reply:there are diffrent types of aloe plants. you bought a different varitey. takr the green aloe plant to a garden store that knows alot and ask them what the name is of it so you can get that EXACT veriaty which is probably an aloe veri.
Reply:I, too, have purchased an Aloe Vera plant that has an aweful urine smell! It is a different variety of Aloe. Try another variety, all will provide medicinal values!



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