Hi Tina,Tina wrote:Hi Colin
I have to raise a query re this statementI have had some plants via Derek Bowdery that came labelled as A parryi patoni ( probably about 12 yrs ago) I know there was some controversy about the name but I 'grow what I like' not a labelDiane, it turns out that the correct name for this cv. is Agave applanata 'Cream Spike'. I showed a pic of this at the CSSA Austin convention and was corrected on its name. Turns out that this is a long mis-I'd plant.
BUT how can it be Agave applanata 'Cream Spike' wasn't cream spike a tissue culture plant that was originally from Plant delights, my plants existed before the plant delights agaves were tissue cultured or am I suffering from 'old timers again ' , I have heard of the being called applanata but was never too sure about the naming.
Here's another nice un for the thread agave chazaroi, this one is a favourite for bugs which seem to cause horrible marks on it.
Agave gypsophila white XX
Thanks for the added info. As you and I have chatted before, names of these cultivars can be problematic. I'm certainly no expert on the names of these cultivars and as you known, I've hardy got any myself in my collection.
Re 'Cream Spike': the issue seems to be: what was the "parent " of the variegates? And this seems to be A. applanata not A. parryi.
Re the tissue culture: presumably this was tissue culture of an already existing variegate, or did variegation occur in tissue culture?
Re the A. gypsophila variegate: thought its name is 'Ivory Curls'?