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Agave Identification...

palmarazzi

By palmarazzi
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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palmarazzi

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trying to figure out which branch/trunked agave is in background (arrow). a. attenuata is in front.

also who is growing it,...your thoughts?

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JR

Beverly Hills, CA Zone 10

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Paul S Collaborator

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There is no agave that grows anything like that naturally.   Agave attenuata is one of a very few that form a trunk proper that could even begin to look like that - the other trunkers are unbranched, more like yuccas.  

Where is it growing - what country/comnditions?  Any chance of a closer, clearer picture?  At the moment it could be anything from a leggy shrubby echium to one of those weird dracophyllum type things.

It is interesting, for sure.

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STEVE IN SO CAL Mentor

STEVE IN SO CAL

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I believe that to be a type of Euphorbia, believe it or not....

If global warming means I can grow Cocos Nucifera, then bring it on....

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palmarazzi

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i have seen a. attenuata with trunk, but usually they fall over from weight. i found the picture on this website but they give no info on it, just on the a. attenuata in front. sad. it looks quite interesting.

10th picture down...

http://www.landscape-resources.com/portfol...entsx/index.asp

JR

Beverly Hills, CA Zone 10

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Kim Grand Master

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I agree with Steve, probably a Euphorbia:

http://www.efloras.org/object_....id=1001

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It's an old Pride of Madeira (Echium fatuosum) getting leggy.

I have one that's doing the same thing now.

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palmarazzi

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I think SteveinBFL is on the money, at first I agreed with Kim on Euphorbia characias but upon further inspection, E. characias produces more leaves further down the stem. Euphorbia lambii I think is it.

JR

Beverly Hills, CA Zone 10

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Carlo Morici Veteran

Carlo Morici

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It looks like one of the many shrubby Echium or Euphorbia native to Madeira and the Canary Islands.... Euphorbia lambii, E.mellifera, E.atropurpurea... I can't see enough in the picture.

Carlo

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