June 2013 - Genus of the Month - Agave

Post by **Bill** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:23 pm

http://www.bcss.org.uk/pom062013.php

Hopefully this will prove to be more popular than last months genus!

Post by **Tina** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:01 pm

One of my favourite genus so I'll start the thread then.
One of my favourite-agave kichiokan- spelling on the is very variable, it's such a good grower not fast but steady and doesn't get too large.
Feel free to correct me when I get the names wrong my memory is pants

: agave kichiokan

Agave parryi truncate Huntington clone, this is a really lovely colour with brown terminal spines, shame it's only produced one offset.

This is a rare one agave blue glow medio picta, MP forms of agaves are normally the harder to source as they offset less frequently, seem to be slower growing, also they are more difficult to tissue culture than marginate forms.
It's a hybrid but I would need to get my book out to check the parentage so later

: agave blue glow

A nice agave Victoria reginae 'golden prince', the true form that grows a lovely yellow not the boring green /darker green. Mine came from Italy.

This is a nice agave lophantha with random variegation, a friend gave me this it was called some trendy name that I have forgotten

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Post by **Diane** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:14 pm

I was waiting for you to start this off, Tina! Love that 'Blue glow' mediopicta - very nice!

OK, I risked life and limb moving these to photograph, so let's start with a superb Agave utahensis ssp. eborispina - this was my late husband's, and is over 20 years old:

: Agave utahensis ssp. eborispina; IMG_2059 (550x474).jpg (197.9 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Agave titanota 'Genryu kifukurin':

: Agave titanota 'Genryu kifukurin'; IMG_2060 (550x502).jpg (143.65 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Agave 'Kichio kan' (or 'Kisshokan')

: Agave 'Kichio kan'; IMG_2061 (449x550).jpg (164.46 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Agave 'Kichio kan nishiki' - reverse variegate

: Agave 'Kichio kan nishiki'; IMG_2062 (550x504).jpg (163.36 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Agave parryi 'Cream spike'

: Agave parryi 'Cream spike'; IMG_2063 (550x489).jpg (144.19 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Post by **Diane** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:22 pm

Agave filifera 'Shiro ito no ohi'

: Agave filifera 'Shiro ito no ohi'; IMG_2064 (550x476).jpg (179.96 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Agave filifera 'Shiro ito no ohi nakafu'

: Agave filifera 'Shiro ito no ohi nakafu'; IMG_2065 (550x495).jpg (187.62 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Agave victoriae reginae 'Kizan'

: Agave victoriae reginae 'Kizan'; IMG_2066 (457x550).jpg (174.81 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Agave victoriae reginae aureomarginata

: Agave victoriae reginae aureomarginata; IMG_2068 (547x550).jpg (194.21 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Agave victoriae reginae albomarginata - very choice form!

: Agave victoriae reginae albomarginata; IMG_2070 (550x538).jpg (168.11 KiB) Viewed 7056 times

Post by **Diane** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:28 pm

Agave isthmensis 'Ohi raizen'

: Agave isthmensis 'Ohi raizen'; IMG_2071 (528x550).jpg (172.03 KiB) Viewed 7055 times

Agave X leopoldtii

: Agave X leopoldtii; IMG_2072 (550x493).jpg (197 KiB) Viewed 7055 times

Agave lophantha quadricolor 'Goshiki bandai'

: Agave lophantha quadricolor 'Goshiki bandai'; IMG_2073 (550x474).jpg (223.27 KiB) Viewed 7055 times

Agave macroacantha

: Agave macroacantha; IMG_2075 (550x472).jpg (193.48 KiB) Viewed 7055 times

Post by **Tina** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:11 am

Hi Diane

Very nice, that's a gorgeous A. utahensis, I do find them slow. Your Agave filifera 'Shiro ito no ohi nakafu' is better than mine I find these soo s l o w but I think it's the individual plants as I have a a couple more now & they are growing faster.

It is a big problem with agaves as to get a decent photo you need to move them & they always try a bit of fencing with the neighbours, which results in rips & holes.
I have been repotting & stripping out offsets this weekend so it's me with the scratches and rips

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I'll add some more- here's a agave titanota crest, it's not common to get crested agave so I was lucky when I managed to get mine.

An agave gonsaloi, probably a cross with a manfreda but it keeps the spots which is nice, there doesn't seem to be any record of the parentage for this like there is for agave bloodspot.