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Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:27 pm
by Paul in Essex
Thanks Ed. yes, Agave salmiana ssp crassispina. Once upon a time it did the rounds under it's old name Agave coarctata, which is what I got it as originally.

Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:13 pm
by JoelR
A magnificent Agave Paul. I wouldn't have guessed it's a variety of salmiana.

Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:15 pm
by Paul in Essex
Joel, Agave salmiana has been cultivated and selected in Mexico for centuries with different forms selected for different purposes - boundaries, stock fencing, fodder, pulque production. These are usually much larger plants with longer leaves and it is usually these forms that have made it into the horticultural trade. This chunky compact form is what I consider to be the 'wild' form of salmiana. You see it all over central and southern Mexico once you start gaining altitude and away from the more 'cultivated' plants. Here is a link to some pages from one of my Mexico blogs where we saw loads - in Hidalgo/Queretaro.

http://www.oasisdesigns.co.uk/Mexicoweb14/10th.htm

Again here

http://www.oasisdesigns.co.uk/Mexicoweb14/11th.htm

Lots of other good stuff on those pages, too :D

Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 12:14 pm
by Herts Mike
Two of my favourites, Kissho Kan and Tradewinds.
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Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 1:16 pm
by edds
Nice specimens Mike.

Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:03 pm
by WayneM
Just a young one, but this Agave parryi subsp parryi shows promise in my dry bed
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Wayne

Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:11 pm
by WayneM
I was really pleased to see our ovatifolia literally bursting with growth, with some warmth and sunshine 🌞. It should develop even more character
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Wayne

Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:23 pm
by edds
Good looking plants Wayne, thanks for sharing. Did you cover either over winter?

Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:24 pm
by Tina
Hi Wayne,
Looking very good, love the black teeth on the Parryi & the ovatifolia is fantastic, mine is still small compared to yours.
The dry bed is looking very good

Re: Agave talk & pictures

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 2:24 pm
by NorfolkExotics
Some of my favourite smaller plants:

A. shrevei ssp. matapensis. I’m really liking the contrast between the spines and leaf colour at the moment. It also seems to get cross banding on the leaves quite easily, even in not-so-sunny England.
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A. parryi var. truncata. I’m leaning toward this being different to the ‘Huntington’ clone mainly because of the slightly differing leaf morphology. It also doesn’t offset nearly as much and is glacially slow growing in comparison despite being completely healthy.
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A. gentryi/montana shaping up nicely. I can’t really tell for sure which of the two species it is.
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Agave titanota (ish). This may not be the genuine article as it has started looking more and more like oteroi recently. It doesn’t seem to feature the central stripe indicative of oteroi (or a hybrid involving oteroi) though, so titanota is still possible.
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A. oteroi for comparison.
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