century plant
maguey
American aloe
Agave americana latin

In the middle of the century plant was something really fascinating.

As a human century plant, he was in full bloom.

All on shelves and in order, a century plant for every year.

No, not in the time it takes that century plant to mature.

The century plant takes 25 years to grow a flower.

Some species are known by the name century plant.

The misnamed century plant typically lives only 10 to 30 years.

Alone with the century plants that were something else again, Margo took a long, deep breath.

And what if the century plant isn't really a century old?

He's never sold a century plant in his life."

The century plant will grow many years before blooming when kept confined in a pot.

And the century plant still had ninety-three years to go before it bloomed.

But I supposed century plants would be more hardy."

But his initial research told him that the century plant was "erroneously believed" to bloom every 100 years.

The name "century plant" refers to the long time the plant takes to flower.

The century plant or agave grows only one flower after many years and then it dies!

Four big century plants nested at the street, overgrown with the silver weeds you always see around them.

But a century plant in full bloom is even more rare because the plants typically live several decades before reproducing.

She tried to get in to the coin plant, but the spurs of the century plant prevented her.

"A single treatment shouldn't have killed them, which proves that these weren't century plants.

His companion, who liked the juice of the century plant, was Tompino.

The century plant completed its cycle and bloomed.

She looked out and saw her grandfather standing in the middle of the garden, gazing down into the strong spikes of the century plant.

He believed that he was the only man who had a hothouse where a century plant always bloomed.

He'd brought his visitors into the little anteroom to show them his century plants, a hundred of them.

I would have expected my father to hate the maguey for that reason.

It's made from the liquid at the heart of the maguey, so it must be sacred.

One reason for this is the quality and varieties of maguey grown here.

The maguey plant that may be more useful than hemp.

Next on the menu is the maguey worm, another delicacy.

Its logo is a plant like a maguey or agave.

Came to the Maguey and bought for the house."

Common people would offer maguey thorns with their blood.

Textile arts here date back at least to 1472 using fibers from the maguey plant.

The economy features a shoe industry, which uses parts of the maguey plant found in the region.

These items may be made with various fibers include those derived from the maguey plant.

Outraged, the blood that stings through me like maguey thorns.

For three days had the maguey been cooking.

One tradition is to throw a small amount on the ground as a gift to the goddess of maguey.

Arid zone plants such as mesquite and maguey can also be found.

One entire garden patch was devoted to maguey, with plants grouped by age.

Neither would the low walls and broken maguey fences.

I'm going down to the Maguey Worm and take it back."

There, meats are wrapped in the skin of young maguey leaves and steamed, usually for several hours.

The surface of the maguey was very smooth.

The maguey that crowns the shield is a plant characteristic of the region.

There is some logging of maguey and timber.

Brewing a hallucinatory drink from the maguey, seeing a god or a spirit in everything.

"Has the Northman been eating the buttons of the maguey?"

Mexican maguey (agave) and cotton ropes are also used in the longer lengths.

The plant Agave americana, which is sometimes called "American aloe", belongs to the Asparagaceae, a different family.

Common names include century plant, maguey (in Mexico), or American aloe (it is not, however, closely related to the genus Aloe).

At the foot of a flight of steps, leading to the house door, which was guarded on either side by an American aloe in a green tub, the sedan-chair stopped.

'You are the American aloe of the human race, my dear Chiv,' said Mr Tigg, 'which only blooms once in a hundred years!'

Agave americana, commonly known as the century plant, maguey, or American aloe (although it is in a different family from Aloe), is an agave originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant.

But his countenance immediately cleared up; for the wily Mr. Muzzle, by concealing himself behind the street door, and rushing violently out, at the right instant, contrived with great dexterity to overturn both Mr. Jingle and his attendant, down the flight of steps, into the American aloe tubs that stood beneath.

As it turns out, Agave americana, otherwise known as the century plant, is not really 100 years old.

I was taken by a blue four-footer, Agave americana var.

There are several varieties of Agave americana.

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Agave americana (century plant) originated in Mexico.

One of the most familiar species is Agave americana, a native of tropical America.

It is named for the presence of many century plants or maguey (Agave americana).

Species at one time placed in Aloe, such as Agave americana, have been moved to other genera.

"You have seen the Agave Americana.

Agave americana Medio-picta has yellowish stripes down the center.

Besides cultivation of oranges, the main economical activities are mud, hay and Agave americana crafts.

Agave americana Marginata has a creamy-yellow stripe on the edge of the leaf.

Agave americana Marginata Agaves prefer bright light but will tolerate less.

Agave americana var.

Agave americana Marginata has gold, yellow and cream stripes edging the blue succulent leaves.

"The Agave americana puts everything into it and then dies," Professor Mauseth said.

Agave americana Medio-picta alba has a white stripe down the middle of its striking blue toothed leaves.

The plant Agave americana, which is sometimes called "American aloe", belongs to the Asparagaceae, a different family.

And I'm going to add a few plants to my collection, like that Agave americana Mediopicta, which, with the right pot, will be a sculpture in itself.

He married a woman named Xochitl, who showed him how to extract pulque from the heart of the maguey plant (Agave americana).

Purpuric agave dermatitis is a skin condition caused by Agave americana, a large, thick, long-leaved, subtropical plant.

Lab studies have reared the insect on diets of Agave americana and Saccharum officinarum, but these findings have not been observed in the wild.

Agave americana is the source of pita fiber, and is used as a fiber plant in Mexico, the West Indies and southern Europe.

In spring 2013, the Arid Pyramid featured an Agave Americana plant bloom which reached a height of 30 feet before reaching the top of the pyramid.

To produce agave nectar from the Agave americana and A. tequiliana plants, the leaves are cut off the plant after it has aged seven to fourteen years.