These two species, both from Oaxaca, were described by Abisai Garcia-Mendoza in 2019. For more detailed information see my article in the These two species, both from Oaxaca, were described by Abisai Garcia-Mendoza in 2019. For more detailed information see my article in the Cactus and Succulent Journal 93(3): 226-237 from Fall 2021. Agave megalodonta […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →When the original version of Cool Plants for Hot Gardens sold out the publisher decided not to run any reprints. They returned the original files and it took me a while to decide what to do with them. I wanted to make some changes; drop some old species, add some new ones, have larger pictures […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →After 35 years, the plants known as Agave FO-076 have finally received a proper name, Agave oteroi, named for Felipe Otero, who originally collected seed of this plant with the wicked teeth from the Sierra Mixteca in 1984. For nearly 20 years, these plants were not very popular and difficult to sell. Then something changed […]
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Leave a Comment (7) →Agave cremnophila is recently described from Oaxaca and brings to 10 the number of species in the group Striatae, up from the original 3 in Gentry’s book, Agaves of Continental North America. Here is a link to the paper published in the Cactus and Succulent Society of America journal Agave cremnophila I would like to […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In 1982, Howard Scott Gentry treated three species in the group Striatae, Agave dasylirioides, Agave striata, and Agave stricta. Previously I have written a bit about Agave striata, Agave stricta, and Agave rzedowskiana, and will tackle another member here. The recently described Agave kavandivi from western Oaxaca brings to nine the number of species in this rapidly expanding cluster […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →A while back I was asked if I had a list of agave species that are solitary or nearly so. I have called on my friends at agaveville.org to help develop such a list which is presented here. The main criterion being that the species should be solitary or nearly so in habitat since cultivation […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The Barranca de Tolimán is situated to the northwest of Zimapán in southwestern Hidalgo, and is the site of an active mine with large trucks rumbling up and down the steep, narrow dirt road that connects the mine to the town of Zimapán and beyond. This past May, I made my third voyage to the […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →In Howard Scott Gentry’s book, Agaves of Continental North America (published in 1982), the group Striatae, as defined by Baker in 1888, consists of three species, Agave dasylirioides, Agave striata, and Agave stricta. There have been several new species of agaves found and described since 1982, and the group Striatae has tripled in size and […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →I realize that this post could get quite long, and with the 140 characters or less society of today, I will keep the babble to a minimum and shower you with photos which will have just a bit of text to identify plants or to give you, the reader, a sense of the journey. Because […]
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Leave a Comment (6) →In the fall of 2014 I was asked by Peter Breslin if I would like to go to Isla de Cedros on his dime (well it was research money) and I had to think about the offer for all of about 0.3 seconds, and after my feet touched back down on the ground, I said […]
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