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A Chronology of the whole plant. |
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The Growthpoint: The plant grows from a center-point, which for this species, emerges as the tip of the bloomspike. |
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We get 1000s of flowers! |
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A closer look at the Stem. |
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The plant sometimes looks brighter than one expects. Would a closer look show us why? |
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All lit up! Time Exposure plus painting with a flashlight. |
This Queen Victoria Agave (Agave victoriae-reginae) waited about 10 years to bloom, and launched a flowering spike about 12 feet tall. This web-page features a time-sequence of photos, wide-angle and macro, from the first emergence of the stem, to the seed-pods as they start to open.
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