२३ डिसेंबर, २०१४

Christmas agave.



Seen today, in Austin.

१८ टिप्पण्या:

James Pawlak म्हणाले...

Tequila!!!!!

bleh म्हणाले...

I thought you might be in central Texas based on the live oak you posted earlier.

What's the story with the frequent visits to Austin? I love it there, don't get me wrong. Trying to scare your employers a little? There's a top flight law school in Austin, after all. Nothing wrong with a little leverage.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

Christmas agave???

Bah! Humbug!

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I have family in Austin.

Scott म्हणाले...

I bet the agave is sitting there thinking, "How undignified."

tim maguire म्हणाले...

Looks like a court jester's crown.

George M. Spencer म्हणाले...

It is better to agave than to areceive.

JSD म्हणाले...

Welcome to Texas. Be sure to get some Christmas tamales.

Grackle म्हणाले...

Welcome to Texas! Please attend a Ted Cruz event while you are here!

rehajm म्हणाले...

Oh agave tree, Oh agave tree
You are so stout and prick-el-ee

Heartless Aztec म्हणाले...

They do make a good drink when properly harvested and distilled.

Tank म्हणाले...

Will you be cruising 6th Street on Saturday night?

Hammond X. Gritzkofe म्हणाले...

2014 was a year of inflorescence for many agaves in the the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Quite a sight to see a field of flowering agaves.

Were the plants in Austin area involved?

Bob Ellison म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas to all!

mikee म्हणाले...

HXG above: You failed to explain that a flowering blue agave of the sort pictured isn't just a flower, it is an alien-looking stalk 15 to 20 feet high, as thick as a tree trunk, with bunches of flowers growing off the trunk way up high at perfect right angles to the trunk.

A more extraterrestial flower is hard to imagine.

The ones in my neighborhood were quite amazing.

Hammond X. Gritzkofe म्हणाले...

@Mikee.

Yes, and you can almost stand there and watch them grow - it happens so fast.

What I did not realize till this year was that the - probably thousands - of seed points develop into actual miniature agave plants which then drop off onto the ground.

In addition to our blue agaves, we have some patches of agave angustifolia. These propagate fiercely by casting pups from the roots - as do the blue agaves. But one of the larger angustifolias sprung into inflorescence this year.

None of the agave marginatas seem well enough established yet to flower.

Sadly, like spawning salmon, the plant then dies.

अनामित म्हणाले...

You're in Austin? Stop by Abilene on your way home.

Rockport Conservative म्हणाले...

Be sure to get a photo of one of the lighted ones at night. They are very pretty.