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title: "Hello Planta community! Meet Mateo. He was given to me nearly 2 years…"
description: "Hello Planta community! Meet Mateo. He was given to me nearly 2 years ago, but I haven’t entered him into my Planta app because I have no clue what type of…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "my kids are green 🪴"
published: "2023-08-05T21:02:57.576Z"
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# Hello Planta community! Meet Mateo. He was given to me nearly 2 years…

_Posted by my kids are green 🪴 on 2023-08-05_

Hello Planta community! Meet Mateo. He was given to me nearly 2 years ago, but I haven’t entered him into my Planta app because I have no clue what type of plant he is! I was thinking orchid, but he hasn’t flowered yet. Planta ID’d him as an aloe (I’m dubious). On the other hand, I have been watering him like a succulent and he’s doing well. Any ideas?

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## 6 comments

### Freedomskai commented on 2023-08-05

I don’t think it’s an orchid. The leaves are much wider and they have aerial roots

### Plant lady🪴 commented on 2023-08-05

It reminds me of an airplant but it’s very large.

### exholy commented on 2023-08-05

def not aloe, possibly an agave variety?

### Sienna commented on 2023-08-05

I’m thinking Navajo princess (Agave demeesteriana Jacobi), I’m fairly certain it’s an agave.

#### Sunny replied on 2023-08-06

You are probably right about it being an agave. Thick base on the leaves and looks stiff.

### my kids are green 🪴 commented on 2023-08-06

Thanks, everyone, for the great suggestions! I realized that I forgot to mention that the leaves are bendable. They’re about the thickness of an orchid’s leaves, but as Freedomskai pointed out, there are no aerial roots

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