PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS PLANT! MANGAVE

[The Silent Seed]

Mangave Expresso, and other variegated Mangaves. such as Carnival, and others not available through Google. Manfreda as well. Any other Mangave / Manfreda enthusiasts here? 

[Moose]

Never new there were named Man Caves. Check Amazon Man Caves

[Darold Petty]

Try www.plantdelights.com.  They offer a huge assortment of these most attractive hybrids.  Pricy, and the minimum shipping is around $40.

[The Silent Seed]

Thank you Darold.

I have almost all of the varieties that PDN offers (which by the way can be found much cheaper elsewhere.) Nobody seems to have any Expresso, or Carnival which are the key varieties I'm hunting at the moment.

Thanks! 

[Josue Diaz]

I have mocha macho which is one of my favorite plants in the yard. They almost look like bromeliads. I have one blooming that I will experiment cross- pollination with using agave "sharkskin" and agave desmettiana variegata. 

Where do you find these? The only place I know of is PDN, and the occasional plant that shows up at specialty nurseries. 

[The Silent Seed]

Josue,

I'll be interested to hear if your Macho Mocha dies after flowering? Also, if it develops pups where the seed pods normally would develop? 

There are a bunch on Ebay, and google definitely is your friend in this case - I'm not sure we can name places here? If you would like to know more, PM me. 

Your experiments sound very interesting - especially with introducing some variegate genes. 

[The Silent Seed]

Still need M. Espresso and M. Carnival. Please help. 

[The Silent Seed]

Hi,

Still looking for those two… not having any luck. 

[The Silent Seed]

Pretty please - anybody - help me? They aren't available ANYWHERE that I can find. (Even from the source.) 

[The Silent Seed]

I'm offering a reward for anyone who can help me find these - one or the other, or both. Thanks! 

[The Silent Seed]

It's become personal…. I must find Mangave Espresso and Carnival!!! C'mon guys… how about a little challenge?

 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

I pollinated my manfreda mint chocolate chip with parryi neomexicana but it didnt take... i was bummed. 

[The Silent Seed]

Darn! That would have been a cool one. Have you done other crosses? 

Does your Mint Choc Chip offset? I have one, and am wondering what to expect from it. 

UPDATE: I have tentatively found Espresso. Now on to "Carnival." Please :) 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Chocolate chip isn't offsetting.....

[The Silent Seed]

Still need Mangave Carnival. Please help :) 

[Josue Diaz]

On 4/10/2018, 8:27:37, santoury said:

Josue,

I'll be interested to hear if your Macho Mocha dies after flowering? Also, if it develops pups where the seed pods normally would develop? 

There are a bunch on Ebay, and google definitely is your friend in this case - I'm not sure we can name places here? If you would like to know more, PM me. 

Your experiments sound very interesting - especially with introducing some variegate genes. 

Mocha didn't die after flowering. I cut the spent flower stalk and new pups developed at the base of the stalk. 

I just saw there is a new variety called Red Wing. I'm curious just how red the color is...

[The Silent Seed]

There are maybe 10 new ones every time I look! I actually got 8 new ones that I didn't have before, yesterday. How are yours doing? 

What did the mother plant do after you cut the stalk? Just continued to grow? 

[Josue Diaz]

The mother plant just kept forming new rosettes at the base of the stalk. Here's a picture to better show what I'm trying to say. You can see the spent stalk growing toward the left side. 

On 8/11/2018, 5:59:07, santoury said:

There are maybe 10 new ones every time I look! I actually got 8 new ones that I didn't have before, yesterday. How are yours doing? 

What did the mother plant do after you cut the stalk? Just continued to grow? 

 

[The Silent Seed]

That's a beauty! If I didn't know better, I'd say that looks like a new flower stalk starting…