As promised my friend John is back from Holidays and sent me a picture of his flowering agave.
Not too sure if the above names are AKA or misspelling of the same name. Please let me know what is the correct name.
Location Harare Zimbabwe. Hope you like it.
Agave 'Kichiokan' Kissho-Kan, Kijiokan flower????
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Re: Agave 'Kichiokan' Kissho-Kan, Kijiokan flower????
WoW! It hasn't actually started flowering yet. If possible, close ups of open blooms with (or without) a graduated ruler would be terrific when it does. But I have to say, that stalk and all the ancillaries are outrageous! Never seen anything quite like it.
These Agaves flower so rarely that I have heard knowledgeable folks forward a notion that they don't bloom at all.
These Agaves flower so rarely that I have heard knowledgeable folks forward a notion that they don't bloom at all.
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"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: Agave 'Kichiokan' Kissho-Kan, Kijiokan flower????
Yes, a terrific and important documentation of the flowering event for this elusive to be seen blooming A. 'Kichijokan'. (A. 'Kissho Kan' is the variegated form). Please do add more pics as the blooming process unfolds.
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Re: Agave 'Kichiokan' Kissho-Kan, Kijiokan flower????
OK. Just saw this. I forwarded to him your request so lets wait for the pictures.
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Re: Agave 'Kichiokan' Kissho-Kan, Kijiokan flower????
Are you guys quite sure that this plant is 'Kichiokan' !?
It sure doesn't look like it to me....
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It sure doesn't look like it to me....
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I dont know. Someone here told me that it is he he he.Agavemonger wrote:Are you guys quite sure that this plant is 'Kichiokan' !?
It sure doesn't look like it to me....
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Agave 'Kichiokan'
Same same.
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"