variegated yucca? or agave?

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:56 pm

Hi,

At the L.A. Zoo, Sure looks like an agave leaf, but I hvent seen one grow tree like so assume it is a yucca. Has anyone seen this before? looks like it is tasty, but I doubt that caused the tree like growth.

Mike

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:11 pm

It is probably a variegated furcrea. No sharp tips.

Sahara · Post by **Sahara** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:27 am

The leaves look identical to my furcraea selloa variegata, and they can grow a trunk. How big is that plant? It's a bit hard to tell the scale - these ones are all about 10 feet across.

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Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:30 pm

The thing about the size of the plant in this situation is that it is continual lunch for it's neighbors. I like the ID though.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:19 pm

that looks like it is correct.

I would guess it is about 10ft tall, obviously not getting too close.

It did seem to have rather sharp tips from what I could tell.

thanks much