I think part of your problem is that your plant is very etiolated .These plants really do need to be outdoors and don't take to a whole bunch of shade. BUT I do understand that we do what we have to do. It is kind of nice all stretched out. I still recognize the character of the curl and the marginal teeth.

I got mine in a trade years ago as a very tiny rootless pup. It does not get as large as many of its relatives do. Probably because I grow it fairly hard and it is in a smallish pot and would like a large root run to get large.. It is different from many of the A. arborescens out there. I do not know the different names for different varieties., so I am no help there.

Thanks for the message, wantonamara

I agree my poor aloe would like more direct sun, and ideally, I'd like to plant her in the garden - but I live in France and the winters here get too cold for her so she has to stay as a houseplant. I do take her outside in the warmer seasons, and in the winter she still gets around 4-5 hrs of sunlight through the window. Not the same, I know.

The off shoots will not harm the plant. It is all part of the form of the plant. here , mine takes temps down to about 25. It is in the winter spot by the cement pillar . It has all day low southern sun and the pillar acts like thermal mass. It looks like this weekend we will get an Arctic blast all throughout the western US. They are threatening us with a 23F (-5). I will probably move it in for that one, but then it goes back out.

Here is a link that might be useful: Brian Kemble's Cold Hardy Aloe list

Thats really interesting - thanks for the link. I'd assumed it would have a hard time dealing with anything less than 0 centigrade. Guess I can leave it outside for longer than I tend to!