{"product_id":"isi-2026-aloe-baby-grand","title":"ISI 2026-8 Aloe 'Baby Grand'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ISI 2026-8. Aloe 'Baby Grand' J. Bleck. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis fine, flowering miniature represents the last of the John Bleck hybrids to be introduced from his Collector Series. While most of those were introduced long ago, this one has been slower to propagate and is offered now in tribute to this great plantsman who passed away just shy of his 92nd birthday in April 2025. Some of John's notable aloe hybrids include \u003cem\u003eAloe  \u003c\/em\u003e'Lizard Lips', \u003cem\u003eAloe  \u003c\/em\u003e'Cha Cha', and \u003cem\u003eAloe  \u003c\/em\u003e'Brass Hat'. These mostly resulted from his hybridization project when he was the Greenhouse Manager at UC Santa Barbara in the 1980s. His goal was to create dwarf, repeat-blooming aloes which were, therefore, derived from dwarf, floriferous Madagascan species like \u003cem\u003eAloe descoingsii\u003c\/em\u003e Reynolds,\u003cem\u003e A. bakeri\u003c\/em\u003e Scott Elliot, \u003cem\u003eA. boiteaui\u003c\/em\u003e Guillaumin, and \u003cem\u003eA. parvula\u003c\/em\u003e A. Berger. Aloe 'Baby Grand' is Bleck's #1469: (\u003cem\u003eA. bakeri\u003c\/em\u003e x \u003cem\u003eA. parvula\u003c\/em\u003e) x ([\u003cem\u003eA. descoingsii\u003c\/em\u003e x \u003cem\u003eA. parvula\u003c\/em\u003e] x \u003cem\u003eA. boiteaui\u003c\/em\u003e). Its small, clean, dark green rosettes offset slowly but the short inflorescences with proportionately large, pinkish red flowers are outstanding for several months of the year in late winter and spring but also off and on throughout the year. We offer divisions of HBG 104832.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Huntington Plant Sales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47762732908802,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/8963\/6866\/files\/Aloe_Baby_Grand.png?v=1778623823","url":"https:\/\/plantsales.huntington.org\/products\/isi-2026-aloe-baby-grand","provider":"The Huntington Plant Sales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}