Vickie, I'm curious as to what your long term plans are for your Ae Ae. I think we mentioned in a prior thread you started that Brent, when in St. Louis, worked at botanical gardens which grew their Ae Ae in the ground in the summer and dug up the plant each October, potted it, and moved it into a greenhouse. This practice produced lots of pups for them.
My own largest Ae Ae was in a greenhouse for 16 months but became very challenging as it was pushing up against the 16' ceiling before I moved it outside and planted it in the ground 7 weeks ago. It did produce some small pups while potted (pot was made from half of a 50 gallon plastic barrel) and I hope that some of these are large enough for removing by the end of the summer so I can pot them up and start a new round in my greenhouse, leaving the mother plant in the ground next winter (it might flower this summer and I'll have to just wait to see what happens as there might not be anything left to over-winter).
The Ae Ae is a very large variety to be growing permanently in a pot so you'll need a large pot later on. Maybe Patty can come down with her Bobcat and move it around for you!
Good luck,
Harvey