And another new habitat locale on the menu, though further exploration of the Sierrita Mountains may proceed more slowly than most, thanks to some locked gates courtesy of BLM. Unable to avail ourselves of some nicely maintained dirt roads, we had to hike in today, and eventually found something we had never before seen -- A. parryi and A. schottii sharing a hillside. We had found a beautiful group of A. parryi × A. schottii hybrids over at Dragoon, but have to date, not seen a single A. parryi plant, assuming these are far above the elevation we managed to reach that day. But here they are, sharing space and genetic material, as evidenced by a hybrid husk we managed to find. Oh well, I figure we arrived about three years too late. Still, there are bound to be more in the area, we'll just need to return to expand upon today's search. The most unusual find of the day was a two-headed A. parryi specimen, only the second two-headed Agave we have turned up in habitat.
Habitat: First Foray into Sierrita
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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
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Re: Habitat: First Foray into Sierrita
Your "big bug" is called locally a horse lubber or Taeniopoda eques
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Thanks -- that's it!
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
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Re: Habitat: First Foray into Sierrita
Back to Sierrita in hopes of finding the extremely rare hybrid A. schottii × A. parryi. Two years ago we happened upon a hybrid husk that had bloomed and passed, but today we really lucked out and found a single small living example. Of course, there were also plenty of A. schottii and A. parryi about, and a couple other goodies, as well.
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"