Re: Carribean Agave

"maartenvanthiel" <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Jul 2002 08:06:17 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.plants.agavaceae
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

Could it not be A. sisalana?

And the blue tequilana (or seed, if it produces seed that is, might 
not be the case) interests me too.

Kind regards,

Maarten

--- In AGAVACEAE@y..., "avi2160401" <Avi2160401@a...> wrote:
> Hello All!
> There is an agave plant that grows around the the Carribean and 
> southern florida.  The plant is dark green with slender 
> agave "leaves" which come to a a very sharp point, reaching 
> approximately four to six feet high and four to five feet across.  
> There is generally no variegation, and the spikes grow to about 
> twenty feet.  I have known it as Carribean Agave.  Can anyone 
refine 
> this ID?
> Also this plant is available should any summer gardener or 
collector 
> want to add it to their stock. 
> 
> Avi2160401@a...
> 
> AL