When a Corn Plant Blooms: Miracle or Coincidence? Laidback Gardener Birch. Found an old photo from a couple of years after originally purchasing for $10 from Tien's clearance section (when he used to have one) it was in a plastic training pot Areca Palm Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh this is my bfs moms aloe plant. she lives in florida so it stays outside. we cut it open and it has a thick yellow sap that smells suuuper yucky (and kind