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Century plant

Agave americana

Photo by Saarbrigger
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Description:

The flower spike is about 10m in height. Later I saw very thin yellow "flowers"on top of the "banana hands". This type of plant just gets flowers once in their entire lifetime and this only after decades of life.

Habitat:

Most of the time I saw them standing alone. They could be found in private gardens or just in the "wild"

Reference Links:

Agave americana

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Century plant

Agave americana

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Dan Doucette
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Comments (6)
Dan Doucette
Yes, hence the common name. You could add the Agave photo to this spotting, to show the plant as well.
Saarbrigger
I got a picture of an agave but not with its "flower". I just read on a webpage, that most of these plants have flowers just once in their entire livetime and this only after decades.
Dan Doucette
Yeah, I know it is surprising. Can you get a photo of the plant itself?
Saarbrigger
Now I'm extremely surprised. I never had estimated that this "plant" is the "flower"of an other one. Maybe I estimated the hight a bit wrong.
Dan Doucette
Not 100% sure on the species since I can't see the plant, but an Agave for sure. Their flower spikes can reach 10m!

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
Flowers of Europe

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PublishedAugust 5, 2011

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