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Monday 12 February 2024

The intergeneric hybrid x Mangave 'Moonglow' is the result of a cross between Manfreda x Agave. This half-hardy perennial is hardier than an Agave, faster-growing and lacking the vicious spikes on the leaves. The plant is ideal for summer containers as it is drought tolerant but needs protection from the winter damp and cold.

Jill Raggett

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Agave x 'Dreadlocks' / 'Dreadlocks' Hybrid Agave at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

×Mangave 'Silver Fox'

The plants known as "mangaves" are crosses between the related genera Manfreda and Agave, and the name is properly written with a preceding × (this is a multiplication sign, and not the letter x) to indicate that it is a hybrid between 2 different genera, not a true genus of its own. Many of these hybrids have come into horticulture in recent years, and 'Silver Fox' is notable among these for how much it looks like an Agave. This is not too surprising, since it is 3/4 Agave and only 1/4 Manfreda. Its flowers look a lot like Agave pablocarrilloi, which is one of its parents. Agaves and their relatives have been placed in the family Agavaceae, but in recent years this family has been reclassified as the subfamily Agavoideae within the Asparagus Family.

-Brian

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Mangave 'Bloodspot'. October 2022.

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It’s true that the houseplant collection has been doing a lot of heavy lifting in terms of keeping me floating through all this mess. It’s also true that some have not been doing great (looking at you, mealybugs on succulents). At least my cacti don’t seem affected (yet?)

Victories lie in both jewel orchids doing quite well (both the macodes petola and the ludisia discolor, which I didn’t get a photo of to fit in here) as well as the first monstera Thai constellation leaf in my care (the cutting was a generous gift from a friend). Also the Hoya collection is growing, and the oldest plants in my collection are doing great, including the likely 10 year old Hoya compacta in the 6th photo. I remember when I bought her in 2013 for maaaaaybe $20? Damn, Hoya prices have SKYROCKETED these last two or so years. Anyway I think I’ve really latched onto hoyas as MY plants: I’ve never killed one and I’m finding success with each new one I bring in. Also THE BLOOMS.

Frank, my 8+ year old monstera, got a much needed pruning. Hopefully his pruned vines will propagate successfully and be a new plant for a friend.

Also someone stop the ficus elasticas: they are getting TOO POWERFUL. Last photo shows staghorn the third, who should have a name by now, after 3 months and 5+ new fronds. Maybe it’ll earn a name if it ever grows a basal/shield frond…

I should make a post with just my hoyas: sorry, not sorry.