I was going to get someone to stand next to this monster to give an idea how big it is, but I was worried something bad might happen. It's part of the fascinating flora of the Santa Marinella train station.
These things are all over the place. I don't really read the local news sources, but it does make me wonder if there are a large number of missing persons in the area around Santa Mar. Or, not in the area, so to speak.
The Century Plant or Maguey (Agave americana) is an agave originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant. It has since naturalised in many regions and grows wild in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
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Obviously not a Texan. These are all over the place, bloom occasionally with gorgeous ivory plume. The tips will draw blood, but that's about all. Our landscape-destroying deer use them for their sleeping mats. Kind of soft succulent leaves.
ReplyDeleteHm. Yes, I have been thinking that it closely resembles a much larger version of the Yucca plant my Auntie Mickey used to keep in her garden when I was a child. She told us that it was from Mexico. These monster plants certainly have a Mexican look about them.
ReplyDeleteMakes me think so fondly of our beloved Cthulhu.
ReplyDeleteProbably this is what is called A. franzosinii, suspected to be a floppy and more glaucous form of A. americana. Not known in the wild. Great landscape plant and not common.
ReplyDeletepretty common in the middle of Italy.
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