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Kaktus said: That aloe is beautiful, if we also reduce its roots, don't give too much fertilizer for it to grow, will it grow small like a bonsai?
Funny you mention that, there is a picture of a very carefully staged ramosissimum in Philippe de Vosjoli's book on bonsai succulents (prominently featuring Rudy Lime as a coauthor and bonsai master). So yeah, like in the ideal world (with master level expertise) it is possible for at least a period of time to have a fabulous, beautiful bonsai tree aloe that looks like it's shooting out of a brown alien space pod. But I don't think that's really something that you or I would realistically be able to make happen, and I'm pretty sure it's not a long term thing. With the high masters, who knows, lots of things are possible.
Bonsai tree aloes would seem like a really bad idea to me, generally speaking, just from the standpoint of practicality. Like it would be the kind of plant suffering that is just kind of sad and pathetic, rather than a unique and interesting form that can last for many years in that space, prospering in its own greatly reduced way. Various people have come through here with that idea and I can't remember any of them being happy with the results, or keeping the plant alive long enough to find out anything.
