Agave parryi truncata

Arizona Fero · Post by **Arizona Fero** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:29 am

Here's a few shots of my 6 to 8 year old Agave parryi truncatas, they are all doing great, real nice colors too. Martin

majcka · Post by **majcka** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:52 am

Are that identical sextuplets? (Is that word even right?) Anyway sure seems like it.

mughal113 · Post by **mughal113** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:28 am

Beautiful plants. I really like the agaves with tight rosettes.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:13 pm

It is a beautiful agave, but the one I had was far too invasive for small spaces.
Yours dont look like they are offsetting to much yet.

Melt In The Sun · Post by **Melt In The Sun** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:39 pm

A. parryi will offset, but doesn't typically spread too far from the mother. It makes tight clumps, not a mess of babies where you don't want them! Tony, what kind did you have? I'm an agave evangelist and I'm sure I could make you some good recommendations...

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:20 pm

Im pretty sure it was V. truncata, I will see if I can dig up some pixs of the ol beast.
That thing sent its offests out on search and destroy missions, coming up right next to neighboring plants or coming up right in the middle of large cactus clumps up to four feet away from the mother.
I no longer have the plant or any of its offspring, I gave them all to Buck.
Thanks for the offer for recomendations, I really appreciate it, but I have all the Agaves I need at the moment, in ground and in pots.

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:05 am

I have a v. parryi that's sending pups out a few feet, but my v. truncatas are as Melt says, always pupping very close to home, often too close.

Arizona Fero · Post by **Arizona Fero** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:41 pm

All of my very, some are close and tight and some are about 12 inches away. Martin

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:24 pm

Somebody say "truncata"?

Arizona Fero · Post by **Arizona Fero** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:59 am

Nice GS, Check this out. I found this old photo of my first a.p. truncata from 2003 and what it looks like today at sunset. Martin

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:05 am

I don't believe that is v. truncata, looks more like v. parryi to me. Notice how the leaves are tapered rather than blunt, as in your other pics (as well as mine). Also, the terminal spines are longer and straighter; v. truncata spines are shorter and more squiggly.

Arizona Fero · Post by **Arizona Fero** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:01 am

You may be right GS, That's what John Weeks sold it to me as, Maybe its a hybrid of some sort? Here a few more shots of it over the years. Martin

Arizona Fero · Post by **Arizona Fero** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:09 am

Here's my oldest Agave parryi, they do look close. Martin

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:11 am

^ That last pic looks like A. parryi v. couseii.

Arizona Fero · Post by **Arizona Fero** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:13 pm

That would be cool, something different. Thanks Martin

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