Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

• х Gasteraloe cv. Pale Brother
• Gasteria cv. Pale Brother
• х Gastrolea cv. Pale Brother

Description: x Gasteraloe cv. Pale BrotherSN|21477]]SN|21477]] is a Gasteria/Aloe intergeneric hybrid. They are compact plants with thick, variegated/striped leaves colored of icy light green and green. It grows relatively slowly, can get quite large with time with rosettes up to 30 cm across.As a juvenile this plant has the typical flat strap-like leaves of any Gasteria but as it get older, looks more like an Aloe, so it is a true mixture of the two genera.

Cultivation and Propagation: x Gasteraloe cv. Pale BrotherSN|21477]]SN|21477]] are slow growing but long-lived plants of easy culture which makes them a good houseplant and can be an excellent subject for the beginning gasteriaphile (it can grow easily on window sills, verandas and in miniature succulent gardens where they are happy to share their habitat with other smaller succulent plants) Need light shade to shade, but will take full sun part of the day. They a prefer a very porous potting mix to increase drainage. During the hot summer months, the soil should be kept moist but not overly wet. The plants are fertilized only once during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer diluted to ½ the recommended strength. During the winter months, water only when the soil becomes completely dry. Frost hardy to -1°C (Or less).
Propagation: Gasteraloe is easily propagated by the removal of offshoots or by leaf cuttings in spring or summer. To propagate by leaf cuttings, remove a leaf and let it lie for about one month (e.g. in a cool window sill), giving the wound time to heal. Then lay the leaf on its side with the basal part buried in the soil. This leaf should root within a month or two, and small plants will form at the leaf base. Young plants can be harvested the following season.