An aloe vera plant with OCD, growing neat and orderly

There is a kind of aloe you have surely seen, and it perfectly suits the aesthetic of people with OCD. The flower shop owner says this aloe is quite expensive - one pot can be worth several dozen pots of clivia. What kind of potted aloe is so pricey?

This aloe is Aloe polyphylla, also known as spiral aloe, commonly called Solomon's King Jade Crown. So why is its price higher than ordinary aloe?

Aloe polyphylla has extremely high ornamental value, and seedlings can usually only be obtained through sowing and artificial intervention to destroy the growing point. Therefore, the price of Aloe polyphylla seeds is also among the most expensive of almost all plants, because it rarely blooms and, without the right opportunity to bloom and pollinate, it is also very hard for it to set seed; thus a single seed has even been recorded at a price of more than 10 euros.

Actually, this potted aloe is not that hard to grow - with the right methods, you can have one too!

Aloe polyphylla grows very slowly; it takes 5-6 years to grow more than 40 leaves, and if you want it to grow more than 90 leaves, it will take even longer. They say things are precious when they are rare, so the price of spiral aloe is certainly not low.