String-Thing Agaves

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Thanks all for your help on my Agave ID, i will name it as Polianthiflora, only 2 pups and small amount of seed from her, better than nothing!!

Couple more Stringy Thing Agave
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I recently pulled this thing out of a corner of neglect.

Yikes! Scary looking! :))
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I am finding, as Gee mentioned, schidigera and leopoldii (don’t have filifera) are very accommodating in Philly. Rain hasn’t bothered them yet, full sun here is fine, cold is fine so far (only down to 38 so far). I want to take the ‘Shira ito no ohi’ plants to the office this month. Will leave the leopoldii out in the cold and see how it goes.
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Those are beautiful! I've never thought much about leopoldii, but the strings are very attractive on yours.
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A few of my string things :))
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Lower right... :U :U :U
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^I like all of those too. I have A. toumeyana seedlings that are almost starting to show strings...if you squint hard and use your imagination.
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Spination wrote:Lower right... :U :U :U
Ha! Good to see "my" baby doing so well, and flourishing, thanks for the pic, Tracey.
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Brooksphilly, nice string things. I particularly like your last leopoldii photo. The angle and the diffused light are just right to nicely accentuate the curling threads. A nice shot of a nice plant. :U
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I was fortunate enough to stop by Starr Nursery a few years back just after Greg had received a few big flats of A. filifera seedlings in 2-inch pots. They were all pretty nice, but I picked out the whitest one!

It spent a couple years in a pot in a shady location, and lost much of its appeal. I put the pot in full sun this entire year, and just put it in ground a few weeks ago. The blazing sun it got this year really helped in bringing the white back...maybe another year or so and the boring green will be all grown out!
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Hey MITS, That is the A. schidigera from north of Guadalajara.
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What? I have to change my non existent label?
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Next time you are by the nursery I'll write you one with invisible ink.
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Diane wrote:
Spination wrote:Lower right... :U :U :U
Ha! Good to see "my" baby doing so well, and flourishing, thanks for the pic, Tracey.
Thanks Dianne :))
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What is the name of this agave? At the back. with white long thin leaves.Image
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Is it spineless? If so, looks like A. bracteosa.
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Neli wrote:What is the name of this agave? At the back. with white long thin leaves.Image
Can you take a picture of the individual plant you want ID'd? Looks like A. striata, but so hard to tell from that shot.
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Neli wrote:What is the name of this agave? At the back. with white long thin leaves.
No ideas on the plant beyond what's already been guessed, but might suggest sending a PM to Paul (Paul S), since that's his yard? ::wink::
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I think that's a hechtia...?
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I think you are on to something there MITS, if not a hectia, some sort of terrestrial bromeliad.
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Just seen this, sorry. If you mean the plant absolute dead centre at the top of the picture it is a Puya sp, a nice bright silvery one. It came with a collection number, not a name, and of course the label is now somewhere under that rosette of outrageously spiny leaves so I have no way of retrieving the information without some serious bloodletting. It must be due to flower soon, so that should help give it a name. Whatever it is, it has been hardy outside in my garden with no protection for around 10 years. So far it hasn't been the rampaging thug that some puya can turn into, either. I bet its just biding its time, though :)
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Paul S wrote:Just seen this, sorry. If you mean the plant absolute dead centre at the top of the picture it is a Puya sp, a nice bright silvery one. It came with a collection number, not a name, and of course the label is now somewhere under that rosette of outrageously spiny leaves so I have no way of retrieving the information without some serious bloodletting. It must be due to flower soon, so that should help give it a name. Whatever it is, it has been hardy outside in my garden with no protection for around 10 years. So far it hasn't been the rampaging thug that some puya can turn into, either. I bet its just biding its time, though :)
I mean this one. I bought some recently. Not sure of the name but looks similar , Long straight leaves, very light almost white...Might be pups what I bought but they are like 50-60 cm long.
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Yup. that's the puya. It bears a strong resemblance to Puya castellanosii and may in fact be that.
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Paul S wrote:Yup. that's the puya. It bears a strong resemblance to Puya castellanosii and may in fact be that.
Looks like my agave striata. That is why I asked.
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Certainly does from the pic.
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