Re: Agave victoria-reginae?

Hi BB!

I have received about half a year ago some pics from Mexico, of Agave 
victoriae-reginae "minima", which pics can be found at 
http://fotki.com/maarten/ > V etc. Thats all I can tell about it. 
Never seen one. Congratulations! Yes, one makes finds. Some weeks ago 
of all places in the tiny village here I bought a completely green 
VR, I mean: no white stripes...

Talking about VR: Does anyone know why the leaves, where attached to 
the plant, are lighter green than the rest of the leaves? (At least 
in my 2 VRs.) No sun effect; its the same on all sides of the plants.

Nice sunday to all,

Maarten

--- In AGAVACEAE@y..., "B B" <catevala@h...> wrote:
> The other day I was in one of our several succulent oriented 
nurseries here 
> in the Old Pueblo, and noticed an unusual (to me) Agave victoria-
reginae.  
> It had about the same number of leaves that one would expect for a 
v-r, but 
> curiously, the size of the plant was about 25% of the size of 
comparable 
> v-r's with that many leaves (number of leaves indicating 
maturity?).  Is 
> there, as far as any of you know, a miniature form of A. victoria-
reginae?  
> Because this sure does look like one.  Need I say that I snapped it 
right 
> up?! and that it now resides in my xerophytes collection?  :)  
Cheers, BB
> 
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