Agave americana

Now, I obviously go around here with my eyes closed because I saw this for the first time today .... now that the flowers have gone, there are small plantlets in place of the flowers .....

 

Never seen that before:luv: !!! isn't arid gardening wicked !!!:D:thmb:

 

Gosh, my head must be all over the show as I forgot to put up the pics of the babies who had fallen off .... :dh:



They are very vicious critters and stab you like fine cat's claws .... any takers?

 

I was always told that Agave americana seeds germinated on the old flower spikes but id never seen it, thank you Lady of Leisure:thumb:

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if your offering I would be glad to have one:wink:

 

I'll have one of the ones that FELL off please.:wuvu:

 

Kalmia, PM me your address .... all I know is the IoW ....

I know where you are, Babe. :wink::luv: They truly FELL OFF ... do you have any idea how tall these flower stalks are ??????????????? I am standing looking up at the sky ...... and I'm rather short, remember? ....... :D

 

But I can see your poking stick, bottom left :lollol::luv::D

 

PM Sent:thumb:

 

You dont really want of these. Trust me. I know..
robert

 

Brings to mind those plantlets that , (I think it was Steve 1973), was distributing a while back off of his" yucca like" plant, Ided by Dave P as Furcraea.
Those formed on the flowering spike after flowering as well.

I'm not sure how unusual it is for plantlets to form in place of, or with, seed on a flowered spike in the agave family.
I think it might be fairly common.

Are you sure its " Americana" LoL?


Off track a bit, (just slightly):D, but it happens quite a lot with onions and leeks.

 

That's a flag pole, Babe .... :p Sis kept getting in my way and I couldn't get a clear picture so gave up ..... :D

Capney .. BM knows what he wants in this arena ...... :thumb:

Yes, pete, Sis queried that and just about tromped through to look where it was coming from. I have pictures in my Med book showing them like that now that I look more closely and t'other half and I have said we just thought they were 'green things' after the flowers not realising they were the offshoots. If I remember correctly, it was the striped variety .... will have to go back through my pics, but tomorrow. It's at the beach bar we go to once or twice a month as of this year in Ferragudo where I got the Shinus from.

 

Yeah yeah... rub it in that the rest of us have to sit here and endure the chilly wet weather to come why don't you!!?? :wink:

 

Evening treesurfer. I chose to live here and leave the UK (Bucks and the IoW) so I could have constant sunshine .... but we're praying for the rains at the moment having had a six-month dry summer.... but we won't complain. This is why I live here ....

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=5725&highlight=Country+Life

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=5451&highlight=Country+Life

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3856&highlight=Country+Life

PS As you are fairly new, you probably don't know I'm from Pontypridd. :thumb:

bobj ..... oooohhhh, pole dancing up that would bring anything but a smile to my face .... s00k.... you'll have one in your Christmas parcel with the other goodies ....:luv:

 

Good evening, folk.

Here is a close-up (as best I could do without blurring) of the plantlets ...




And pete, I didn't have a picture of the base, but here is one about 20 metres away taken yesterday as well and I would say it's an Agave americana variegata ....



On my journeys today I examined every one of these blooming and they are all laden with plantlets.

Babe, kalmia and bobj ..... I shall be posting yours tomorrow .... :thumb:

 

Strange the plantlets aren't varigated?