Agave talk & pictures

[HaoBao]

The tippex one is the agave victoriae-reginae himesanoyuki haha

[Tina]

agave victoriae-reginae himesanoyuki

I do have a couple of these but as they are green they are a little bit neglected- such a bad parent

[Tina]

An old snap but they look nice, the plant bottom left is maybe 3x bigger.

agave bracteosa medio picta, getting to be one of my favourites, its such an odd little plant

[Herts Mike]

Love that bracteosa!

[Tina]

A friend calls it 'an expensive spider plant', its not common

[NorfolkExotics]

At the possible risk of embarrassing myself, here are a few of my variegated Agaves:

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A. VR 'White Rhino'/albomarginata (I have no way of telling what cultivar it actually is) and 'Kazo Bana'? Yes, I know these little guys can't hold a candle to some of the examples shown in this thread, so please don't laugh
I acquired them last year and will just have to wait a year (or 10...) for them to turn into anything meaningful. The 'Kazo Bana' (?) was a steal at only £5 owing to some damage (that it is now growing out of).

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A. Potatorum 'Snowfall' has to be one of my favourites, even in its infancy. Better still, it has already started to pup

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A. Weberi 'Arizona Star', fast growing into something very appealing.

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A. Salmiana 'Butterfingers'. It could really do with a repot, though it has yet to kick up any fuss about the way its father is treating it...

That Bracteosa is a great looking plant I have the 'Monterry Frost' form but have yet to see one with central variegation in the flesh. Out of interest, I wonder how hardy the variegated forms are in comparison to the standard plant?

[Tina]

Vic reg are great little plants, re White vic reg look fine, as long as edges are still pure white even in the winter its right. The snowfall looks suspect the leaves are the wrong shape could be blue winds, Stuart had some wrongly advertised once. I'll get a photo of mine, it may be the angle of course .
Butterfingers looks interesting, nice colour.

Here you go I had to go out in the snow for these picts .
Adult snowfall

young snowfall

agave blue winds, its a smaller growing agave with more leaves than snowfall

this is a nice one to get, filifera comtacta, a bit slow growing and can get sulky & lose leaves if not happy

[NorfolkExotics]

I'll change the label for my potatorum based on those photos. Thank you!

In the meantime, while the winter is (unfortunately) with us, I might as well post some photos I took last summer.

A. Parrasana.

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A. Ovatifolia. As one of my absolute favourite Agaves, I should probably get it a nice new pot (or better still, in the ground). Also note the natural colour variation exhibited by its younger counterpart on the left. I am dying to get hold of the variegated forms but I would need to win the lottery first...

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A group photo. The Gentryi 'Jaws' at the back scares me slightly because it is well overdue for a repot, yet won't stop growing. It is also not in any way close to its eventual size potential . I am not looking forwards to the unenviable prospect of repotting it.

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A. Asperrima (unsure of the variety).

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My three bigger Victoria Regina. I think the one on the right is a tissue cultured variant, but again, I like the natural colour variation on the other two.

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[NorfolkExotics]

More photos:

A. 'Blue Brian' (images 1 & 2), a parrasana x potatorum hybrid. I can't find any information about its origin but I presume it is probably a Brian Kemble hybrid? They are both (surprisingly) very variable for now widely distributed hybrids.

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A. Bovicornuta

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A. Parryi var. Truncata

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A. Parryi var. Truncata 'Huntingdon' (?). It looks different to the other truncata (pictured above) and has been much slower growing. Although It came from a reputable source (the East Ruston Old Vicerage) prior to var. truncata being commercially available in the UK, I don't know whether it actually is the 'Huntingdon' form (which is now widely tissue cultured).

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[NorfolkExotics]

A. Montana (X2). An absolutely stunning agave, but one of the few that protested to last years heat. I'm not ashamed to say I bought another one not long after this photo was taken (oh, and some seeds on top of that). I don't have a problem, honest! They are both getting new pots this year. This isn't ideal but will have to suffice until I can get them in the ground. All three plants show an amazing amount of natural variation. The larger plant even has some randomised terminal spine deformations.

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A. Parrasana 'meat claw'

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A very interesting offset I erm... 'liberated' from an absolute bohemoth growing on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The plant in question was one of the floppy leaved 'Americana'/'Salmiana angustifolia' marginata plants. It wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest that they are actually variegated forms of A. Mapisaga, a theory which would certainly explain the disparity in hardiness between such plants and the actual Americana marginata. The pictured plant has, interestingly, been tougher in comparison to my normal variegated plant aside from being slower growing (a given due to having less chlorophyll). It has yet to offset (unlike the normal plant) but it will be interesting to see if any more sports come from it.

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A. Macrocantha and X Leopoldii. The Macrocantha was basically perfect, but a snail had something to say about that (as you can see on the right of the plant)

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