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momoese

05-10-2012 11:50 AM

Agave Salmiana GIANT Agave!

Originally posted in the Share An Image thread, I thought this special plant deserved a dedicated thread. I'll update as it progresses.

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Originally Posted by momoese (Post 190236)

Worlds largest Asparagus

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap (Post 190252)

Hehe, your place?

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Originally Posted by momoese (Post 190263)

No I saw it while walking. That thing is bigger around than some of my large banana pseudo stems! The plants are enormous too, taller than me and I'm 6'2"

Here is another angle. The garage door on the left is a two car sized door and is about 7 feet tall. Seeing these plants up close is really cool!

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap (Post 190264)

Agave Salmiana I belive, beautifull!!!

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Originally Posted by momoese (Post 190266)

Yeah I think you are correct.

They say on this site they only get 6 feet tall, wrong! These ones might be close to 9 feet. I'll keep track of it as it flowers and get some pics.

Agave salmiana 'Green Giant' at San Marcos Growers

momoese

05-10-2012 12:01 PM

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5-2-2012 Starting to open.

I brought my DSLR camera this day but forgot to take the battery out of the charger before leaving home :o so here is another phone picture. I took this to show the true massive scale of this thing! More next week as I only work in that area Mon through Wednesdays. I'll try to get some photos of the actual flowers.

Dalmatiansoap

05-10-2012 03:32 PM

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Nice sight, that sure is impresive stalk

momoese

05-10-2012 03:47 PM

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I've seen them in a more wild setting along PCH but never in someones residential garden. I'm sure there are more people growing them but I just haven't seen others yet. It is really a sight to see! I walk to it every time I'm in the area now.

caliboy1994

05-10-2012 05:31 PM

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There's this whole patch of agave plants on the road to my house. Last time I checked, there were two or three flower stalks coming up from them. They almost look like trees. I believe it's Agave americana.

momoese

05-10-2012 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by caliboy1994 (Post 193934)

I have a variegated Agave Americana. Might be Creme Brulee, not sure.

It seems like the biggest difference between Agave Salmiana and Agave Americana is the blade color and the spike size. Agave Salmiana has green blades and Amercana has more blue in them.

momoese

05-22-2012 06:27 PM

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Getting more open. Looks like the top flowers are different than the lower ones.

palmtree

05-22-2012 10:31 PM

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Wow, agaves sure are impressive especially a giant one like A. Samiana! That flower inflorescence may be the tallest thing on the block when it's all finished!
Thanks for sharing!

momoese

05-29-2012 05:43 PM

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I will not be able to update this thread because the whole flower stalk is gone! I have no idea what happened or why but it's gone. I hear rumor that there is another a few blocks away. I'll try to locate that one and get photos.

sunfish

06-08-2012 10:58 AM

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About 25' Pretty Good

Dalmatiansoap

06-08-2012 03:31 PM

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Can U take a pic of the whole plant?

sunfish

06-08-2012 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap (Post 197151)

Can U take a pic of the whole plant?

No :ha::ha::ha:

Dalmatiansoap

06-08-2012 04:54 PM

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Fair enough :ha:
:woohoonaner:

sunfish

06-08-2012 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap (Post 197165)

Fair enough :ha:
:woohoonaner:

I will get a pic :08:

sunfish

06-09-2012 09:21 AM

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Looks pretty bad.All the blades were removed so no one would poke out an eye

momoese

06-09-2012 01:13 PM

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Looks like a pineapple!

Dalmatiansoap

06-09-2012 02:16 PM

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Bad planning I say, to bad for the plant, beautifull one.

sunfish

08-15-2012 02:21 PM

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Are the seed in these pods ?

Dalmatiansoap

08-15-2012 04:27 PM

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I dont know but its a great find! Try to clean one. Btw, I still didnt clean Jubae seeds u sendt.

nullzero

08-15-2012 04:27 PM

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From what I read, a sweet drink from Agave salmiana is made. If you cut off the flower stalk down to the base before it fully matures. Create a hole in the plant, collect sweet water like drink from the hole upto a few times a day. Believe it continues to produce the sweet drink for upto a month or so.

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