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Agave tequilana - Tequila Agave Flowering


Agave tequilana - Tequila Agave Flowering (Agave tequilana - Tequila Agave)

This tequila agave in Balboa Park is flowering right now. Photo taken January 8, 2023.



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Is that tall thing the actual flowers if so it's huge for the plant size. Wow!

12 Jan, 2023

 

Now it dies? Huge trunk.

12 Jan, 2023

 

Lindax,

Yes, it’s the flower spike. The plant will die after it flowers, but should create a lot of babies along the bottom of the plant and plantlets among the flowers.

12 Jan, 2023

 

They are wickedly sharp tipped. I already have to prune mine between the Mangoes. It might have to be removed one day,but not sure.

13 Jan, 2023

 

It’s a nice plant to look at, but definitely not to own. I don’t like spikey plants,overall. Except for the few cacti, and Euphorbia. I do have a lot of pineapple plants in the ground, though. I usually cut the leaf tips. I love homegrown pineapples!

13 Jan, 2023

 

Fantastic! I had an agave once, a bluish grey colour. It flowered, a tall spike of ‘only’ 6 feet. It died afterwards and any chance of new growth was scuppered by the long snowfall that winter. 2010-2011.

15 Jan, 2023

 

Kate,

That’s Agave americana you had growing. It grows wild here on the mesas and canyons. The flower stalks are usually 30 ft (9 m) tall.

16 Jan, 2023

 

Thank you, Andy! I wouldn't have had a clue!

21 Jan, 2023

 

Yes, so many species of Agave grow here and several naturalize.

25 Jan, 2023



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