{"id":55884,"date":"2014-06-04T10:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T14:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=55884"},"modified":"2020-05-12T18:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T22:59:05","slug":"better-know-an-agave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=55884","title":{"rendered":"better know an agave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rogue&#8217;s gallery of agaves from <a href=\"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=55288\">Jud&#8217;s garden<\/a>.  Some of these I know, some I&#8217;m guessing at, and some have really stumped me.  If you have an idea, I&#8217;m all ears.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015861.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015861.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave potatorum?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016075.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016075.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>With Agave macroacantha in the background<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015993.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015993.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave macroacantha<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015940.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015940.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave macroacantha, possibly a selection of Agave titanota in the foreground (Agave horrida?)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016027.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016027.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This looks more like the Agave titanota I know.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015919.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015919.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave ferdinandi-regis<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015932.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015932.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave guiengola &#8216;Creme Brulee&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015934.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015934.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>And Agave guiengola &#8216;Creme Brulee&#8217; with the anchor plant, Colletia paradoxa<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015957.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015957.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave lophantha<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015976.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015976.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015882.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015882.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>with Agave guiengola &#8216;Creme Brulee&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016025.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016025.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave shawii?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016051.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016051.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>with Agave havardiana in the background.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015977.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015977.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><del datetime=\"2014-06-12T17:26:05+00:00\">Definitely<\/del> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anniesannuals.com\/plt_lst\/lists\/general\/lst.gen.asp?prodid=3595\">Agave havardiana<\/a> (see comments for ID discussion)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015961.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015961.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave americana var. medio-picta &#8216;Alba&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015963.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015963.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015860.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015860.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark commented on the first <a href=\"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=34154\">post<\/a> back in 2012 identifying this agave as A. isthmensis<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016022.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016022.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave parrasana, the Cabbage Head Agave, also ID&#8217;d by Mark in the 2012 post<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016038.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016038.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave victoriae-reginae<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016036.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016036.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave celsii &#8216;Nova&#8217;?  Or plain old Agave parryi minus the truncata?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016055.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016055.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave schidigera<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1016071.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1016071.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave celsii &#8216;Multicolor&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/agavegardenmay2014\/P1015887.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015887.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Agave bovicornuta in the foreground<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rogue&#8217;s gallery of agaves from Jud&#8217;s garden. Some of these I know, some I&#8217;m guessing at, and some have really stumped me. If you have an idea, I&#8217;m all ears. Agave potatorum? 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