u/General_Ruin6522

My boyfriend gifted me this plant last year. This is my top 3 favorite out of my entire collection and I love the flowers it puts out. Ever since I learned these come in all colors of the rainbow I have wanted to get a long rectangular planter and make a rainbow line up. When I went to the store the other day, I stopped to check some pink ones out. I realized these were significantly bigger than mine at home. How big do these things usually get? I have had mine in a smaller pot its whole life at home so I may be stunting it without realizing. Would it not be a good idea to put so many together in the same pot? To clarify, I put it in a 5 in planter when I took it out of the tin container it was in. I just don’t want to crowd multiple of them into one planter if they need more space.

When I got home today I went outside to check on my plants, it has been raining recently so I was dumping the collected water out of my aloe plant and this guy was not happy with all the tilting I was doing and got a pretty decent scare out of me since I wasn’t expecting the soil to start crawling around. Can anyone identify this cute little guy? This is on the southern east coast on the edge of a wooded area. I’m also slightly concerned bc he is in a plastic pot with decently high walls (about 4 inches) on a balcony railing. The pot and soil are very well draining so I’m not worried about drowning. He looks pretty snug since he’s dug out a little spot, I’m just worried. Should I take him out or leave him? I don’t think he’ll get stuck since he can probably climb the plant but just wanted to make sure!