Agave durangensis

[Gee.S]

Agave durangensis Gentry (1982)
Ditepalae

A. durangensis

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A. durangensis

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[Gee.S]

Agave durangensis

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[Arizona Agave]

Agave durangensis

[Gee.S]

A. durangensis is really rare in captivity. Nice Martin! Are they smooth to the touch?

[Arizona Agave]

I am not sure Ron, Ill check tomorrow. Last time I was at B&B Mark had about 20 of them, pretty good size as well. I have had these for 6 years now, they really took off in there 4th year. Martin

[GreekDesert]

Agave durangensis

[Arizona Agave]

Hey GS, It was kinda rough to the touch, not smooth like It looks. Martin

[Gee.S]

That's what I was kinda wondering. To me, both those plants look a lot like A. asperrima. Take a look tomorrow, see how they compare to yours. See how my little guys and Alex's plant have substantial marginal spine teats? Your marginals don't and look like those of A. asperrima. I'll take a look myself in a couple weeks if you're around.

[Arizona Agave]

I will let you guys know for sure after Greg comes over, he's going to check them out. Martin

[Gee.S]

From Gentry: "When not flowering it [A. durangensis] may be confused with A. scabra [A. asperrima] of the Section Americanae growing in the same region".

So, I guess that explains the resemblance.

[Arizona Agave]

I pretty sure that these are Agave durangensis, after what Ron just wrote above, and after talking with Mark Sitter, Who informed me that he knew where the seeds were collected, and who collected the seeds (Mr. Joe Simcox). I going to keep them as A. durangensis. Martin

[Gee.S]

I now realize one of my A. durangensis pups looks a lot like A. asperrima as well, but my others do not (see OP).

[Gee.S]

See Post #1, Pic 1.

[gas3292]

Agave durangensis

[gas3292]

Agave durangensis

[Gee.S]

Agave durangensis

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[Papahuel]

A durangensis 1yo (seed grown)

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[Viegener]

Wonderful agave. Does anyone know if they will thrive in winter rainfall S CA?

[Meangreen94z]

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Habitat shot I found

[Papahuel]

Same agave as post #17

~18 months old with a second summer's growth she is starting to shoot away now, seed grown, currently in 4.5L / ~1 gal pot.

A durangensis

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[mcvansoest]

Finally planted in the front yard on the south east side of a desert sage bush to give it some late afternoon shade:

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[Gee.S]

Same plant in the OP.

A. durangensis

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[Meangreen94z]

Same plant in the OP.

Relatively short lived I see. I haven’t sorted and inventoried my million and one agave in containers this spring but I saw my large durangensis made it through the winter with minor burn. We saw several nights in the 20’s, and the worst of 18°F with heavy ice. I threw a plastic tarp over the container agave for that event, so it had some protection/temperature increase.

[Gee.S]

The plant from the OP.

A. durangensis

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[Gee.S]

Agave durangensis