Hi there,
I have this Agave for a while, but still very uncertain about the ID:
[IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c214/ ... gavesp.jpg[/IMG]
Cheers,
Eduart
Agave no ID
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Re: Agave no ID
Looks like maybe a young decipiens? Difficult to say without any prompts like provenance, something included for scale etc as young agaves are hard to ID.
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Re: Agave no ID
I think you are spot on, Paul! Agave decipiens is my bet too. Long concave leaves dark green in colour, small teeth along the leaf's margins, sharp dark spine at the tip, offseting a lot when young. It can grow huge, and if the lower leaves are removed it can form a small trunk. Until this last week I had a big plant of it in my parent's front garden, but it was becoming so massive that I have been asked by my parents to remove it. It is a shame I did not have a camera handy at the time to take a picture of the plant before I cut it down. But it had plenty of offsets at the base, which I left to grow again.
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Re: Agave no ID
I'll 3rd that, just had a look at mine and it's a splitting image.
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Re: Agave no ID
Thanks guys, appreciate your feedback!
Cheers,
Eduart
Cheers,
Eduart