A few shots around the garden...

#301

Just a couple random shots...

: Testing 005.JPG (314.27 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

: A. 'Royal Spine'; Testing 007.JPG (413.19 KiB) Viewed 2088 times

#302

Let bloom season begin! I also have a second A. ocahui, which may be about to bolt.

: A. ocahui; Blooms 008.JPG (494.8 KiB) Viewed 2054 times

: A. 'Sharkskin'; Blooms 009.JPG (538.54 KiB) Viewed 2054 times

: A. sobria; Blooms 010.JPG (539.41 KiB) Viewed 2054 times

: A. phillipsiana; Blooms 012.JPG (455.48 KiB) Viewed 2054 times

: A. vera; Blooms 013.JPG (602.35 KiB) Viewed 2054 times

#303

Just spotted one more. The Beast will be blooming shortly.

: Yucca torreyi; Blooms 016.JPG (453.83 KiB) Viewed 2041 times

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Papahuel · #304

Thanks for the update pics.

Do you remember how long from go to whoa for the sobria? Did it offset much during it's time?

#305

Oh, probably about 3 months. And A. sobria is generally non-surculose. Most, including this one, do not offset at all.

Papahuel · #306

Gee.S wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:26 am Oh, probably about 3 months. And A. sobria is generally non-surculose. Most, including this one, do not offset at all.

Oh sorry I meant how many years had it been in the ground before it flowered?

#307

Papahuel wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:24 am
Gee.S wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:26 am Oh, probably about 3 months. And A. sobria is generally non-surculose. Most, including this one, do not offset at all.
Oh sorry I meant how many years had it been in the ground before it flowered?

Not so long, maybe 10 years.

#308

Excellent news, a second A. ocahui is also tossing a stalk. I wish they were better synchronized, but there will be substantial overlap. Here's hoping for 50K seed. I've also included a couple other gratuitous garden shots.

: Agave ocahui twin plants with twin stalks; 2.jpeg (587.7 KiB) Viewed 1919 times

: Eriosyce senilis; 3.jpeg (418.12 KiB) Viewed 1919 times

: One of my favorite little groupings: Stenocereus thurberi / Agave marmorata / Euphorbia resinifera / Opuntia pycnantha, with Aloe vera, Yucca baccata, Agave xylonacantha, and A. tequilana also in the shot.; 1.jpeg (589.58 KiB) Viewed 1919 times

#309

Envy....

Meangreen94z · #310

Nice, I wish my marmorata banded like that…

#311

Meangreen94z wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:50 pm Nice, I wish my marmorata banded like that…

I wish they would 'stand up and take it like a man'. LOL It's an awfully big agave to go flopping around on its side.

#312

Here is a newly reoriented A. attenuata. It had been leaning so severely that only a large rock used as ballast for the past 2-3 years prevented the pot from going over. So I pulled it up, pulled out a bunch of roots, damaged more roots by compressing with my foot in the pot after reorienting, then added a bunch of fresh soil. Pot had been about 75/25 roots/soil.

It may look a bit lame to some of you, but in my experience, even growing under the terrible conditions described, it looks better than most attenuata in central AZ. This is a not a good place for them. No doubt it would shell out some coin for a ticket to San Diego, if only it could afford it. I'll say this, we're looking at one tough SOB here. We'll see if it recovers from today's abuse.

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Meangreen94z · #313

Nice. I’ve seen a few trunking attenuata in South Texas, how old is that specimen?

#314

Brought it home in a 3-gal container 10 years ago.

#315

It’s a very common Agave in Southern Spain.

Paul S · #316

Gee.S wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:27 pm
Meangreen94z wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:50 pm Nice, I wish my marmorata banded like that…
I wish they would 'stand up and take it like a man'. LOL It's an awfully big agave to go flopping around on its side.

It's what they do. I'll stick some pics in the gallery at some point.

#317

Looks like my 12' Emerald Envy is finally going to bolt. This should be a fun cleanup...

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#318

Stalks coming along. That 12' Emerald Envy is surrounded by other plants, and will undoubtedly prove a nightmare to extract later this year. In the meantime....

: Twin A. ocahui; Mamm Blooms 009.JPG (484.52 KiB) Viewed 1743 times

: A. sobria; Mamm Blooms 010.JPG (577.35 KiB) Viewed 1743 times

: A. 'Emerald Envy'; Mamm Blooms 017.JPG (565.01 KiB) Viewed 1743 times

: A. 'Emerald Envy'; Mamm Blooms 016.JPG (288.96 KiB) Viewed 1743 times

#319

I am thinking about taking the stalk on my emerald envy down this weekend now that it is supposed to get hot. Will see how motivated I am. It is a beast and while clearly on the way out, not nearly as dead as needed to make for easier removal of the whole plant.

#320

Take the stalk (leave a 2-3' for a handle), then start the laborious process of leaf removal. It took me three days to strip all the leaves off my weberi (my EE is every bit as large as that gigantic weberi w/35' stalk -- it may actually outweigh it). You don't have to do it all at once, and leaves cut off much easier while green.

I may be able to wrap my winch around mine at some point, but it is completely surrounded by other plants, so tough to reach no matter.

#321

Yeah the leaves are easier when still green, but the rest... better if it sits and desiccates for a while. Main thing is once I take the stalk down I need to deal with the bulbils...

Gafoto · #322

Gee.S, will you let the plants open pollinate? I would guess that ‘Emerald Envy’ is going to do whatever it wants unless you get a monster of a ladder.

#323

Dunno about pollination here. Bees might get dizzy from the extreme height. Well, we'll see what develops, but a 30'+ stalk wouldn't surprise me.

#324

Gafoto wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:08 pm Gee.S, will you let the plants open pollinate? I would guess that ‘Emerald Envy’ is going to do whatever it wants unless you get a monster of a ladder.

It is easily a thirty feet stalk. I had it flower at the same time as another Agave (bovicornuta x colorata) and they were right next to each other and were buzzing with bees most of the time - nada no seed pots on either Agave. 'Emerald Envy made bulbils though. Tomorrow might be harvesting day. If I do I will let people know for those who want some.