Agave (Agave horrida)

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Aug 28, 2005

Agave
Agave horrida

flower stalk in seed with bulbils at top, late August, southern California

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pete2255 South East, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 28, 2005

palmbob, is that normal to form bulbils on the top of the flowering stem?
If so does it happen with other Agaves or just Horrida?
thanks
Pete

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Aug 29, 2005

No clue... only species I've seen do that so far.

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pete2255 South East, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 29, 2005

So its probably a pretty rare occurance then.
So what happens next? Do they fall off at some stage or wait for the flowering stalk to fall over, One things for sure, they're not going to grow on up there, are they?

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Aug 30, 2005

No... not sure what the botanical gardens does with all their bulbils. I sure hope they remove them and propogate them... what a waste otherwise. Some of the Agaves growing in this garden have literally thousands of bulbils all along the flower stalk.. sure most of those end up in the mulch bin.

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pete2255 South East, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 30, 2005

It does seem a waste I must admit, but pesumably the plant puts out a lot of pups from the base in its lifetime, add to that all that seed and if you grew it all on you'd have thousands.

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Aug 30, 2005

Actually, this species doesn't pup well... if at all

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pete2255 South East, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 31, 2005

Ah, I didn't realise that, could be a good one for a pot then,as thats more or less the only way I can grow them.
When you pot grow ,I find the pups more of a problem than a help.

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