Our new discovery was the giant Century plant.

Not just any normal plant, as they only flower after 25 years. We have seen it many times before, but now something else exciting was on show.
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The first time for us to see that large stem powering up from the center of the plant.

I said in a previous post that, we made a great discovery here that I will show you in another post. That you can read HERE

This plant amazed us, as it was our first time to see that stem and I asked my wife to stand next to the plant in order for you to see the size of the plant with its new stem. As you can see, that stem grew like a 10 meter plant finger up into the sky to point at the clouds.
It was so lovely that I decided to do a bit of research about the plant and to my amazement I found that the plant stem will grow branches with flowers.

Look at what we are going to see. How fantastic is this?
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The plant is called an Agave americana.
And to show you that it is the same plant, here is another view that I found in the source.
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But that's not all and here is some information about the Century plant.

Agave americana is a suckering, evergreen monocarpic, multi-annual, with very large, succulent leaves arranged in a rosette, often reaching a height of 2 m. The long lanceolate (sword-shaped) leaves, 0.8–2.0 × 0.15–0.25 m, are borne on a short stem thickened by the prominent leaf bases. Leaves are grey-green, sometimes with a pale central stripe or yellow leaf margins, and a waxy coating. Leaf margins are nearly straight to crenate, creamy white and armed with variable teeth of up to 10 mm long and 10–40 mm apart. The apices of leaves bear sharp, dark brown, conical or subulate spines of mostly 20–60 mm long.

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So, as you can see, the plant grows up to 2 meters tall and the stem grows up to 10 meters tall. In Africa everything grows big :)

Something else, never touch the thorns of that plant, as this is what they have to say about it.

Agave americana has many uses. It is used as an ornamental, for fodder, medicinally, agriculturally and for erosion control. Prickles along the leaf margins and the sharp apical spines can cause severe injury to humans and animals. Since it forms dense impenetrable stands, agaves are thus often planted as living protective hedges, for instance to restrict wild animals from accessing crops and domestic livestock.

This plant is almost globally grown as an ornamental. This evergreen species is popular for xeriscaping and is often used as accent plants in desert-themed and other water-wise gardens. Although it does not flower in a pot, it is suitable for potting, both indoors and outdoors. The fierce spines are often cut off when it is grown indoors to prevent injuries to humans or pets.

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They list the plant as follows,
Attracts birds, drought resistant, feature plant, good potplant, indoor plant, poisonous hedge/screen, edible plant, medical plant, feeds honeybees.
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And remember that they tell us the plant will not flower when it is pot planted.
Poisonous and edible doesn't go down well with me, and I wonder if some of you will eat the plant?

So, one can never know what you can find when one pops in at the farms over here.

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We have so much to still see and so little time, but life is good, and it is to be lived in harmony. This is what nature teaches me, as everything in life has a purpose and in gratitude we support the poor.

I hope you have enjoyed the pictures.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved. All sourced photos were cited.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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Wow, it is the amazing plant first I saw this type of plant not here in my country. Thank you for sharing it new for me.🎉🎉🎉

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They come from Mexico and Texas, and they have become naturalized in other areas, such as here in South Africa. Glad that I could show it to you.
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I haven't encountered such a species. Looks beautiful. The pictures are amazing. Thanks for sharing 😊

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Depends on where you are, as they can be seen in many countries. Originally from the Americas.
Glad for showing it to you.

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These plants looks so amazing and different kind of species that I haven't seen before.
You took perfect short of these plants.

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Wow, you are now the third person that hasn't seen the plants before. Maybe I should send some seeds of the plant to all of you, so that you can plant them in your own countries !LOL
Thank you for the compliment.

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Wow, I know the Agave plant, and there's even one or two at my parent's house, but I haven't known that they grow stems with flowers 😀 And these stems are so huge ... just as everything in South Africa grows bigger and taller than here ... awesome 👍


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Great that your parents also have them, and I hope that they are not in pots, as they won't flower when they are planted in pots. We also didn't know that they flower, and it was a great discovery.
Now we will wait a week or so and then we will go back there to see the flowers.
Things grow bigger here, only because we have no snow 😉 !LOLZ

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They do have them in pots, because you couldn't have them planted outside here. I don't think they would like our cold winters 😉 and I think that our ground freezes here in winter and because of the snow, our plants don't grow as big ... I only wonder why I didn't grow taller 😂 !LOLZ


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Ah yes, I should have known this, as they will not grow in frozen soil. A pity as then the agave's won't flower 😞
I told you before that you didn't grow taller, as you peed in your shoes when you were very young and your roots drowned 🤣🤣🤣👍😜 !LOLZ

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Haha! Good one! @papillioncharity😅😂

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Thank you Lady Nina, and I hope that you will have a good Sunday. !LOL

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Hihi, yep, that was truly a good one 😂 !LOLZ

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Since we haven't known that the Agave flowers, we don't really mind, I believe 😉

Oh yes, I remember that you have told me that reason - do you think I should tell my son why he's not taller than I am? 😂 !LOLZ


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Well, now you know, and I bet that if you are like I am then it's going to trouble you. Maybe you can plant an agave in the ground and hope that it will acclimatize to the conditions. I bet that it will be the smallest agave plant in the world 😳

So, you say that the junior mountain goat is smaller than the old mountain goat? I don't think that you must tell him, as he will blame you for the rest of your life for not getting him shoes with holes in them so that the pee could drain 😜 !LOLZ

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Yep, it might look like a Bonsai tree 😂 !LOLZ

No, he's slightly taller than me, but our size of about 1.73 or 1.75 meters is a quite normal height for Europe, I believe 🤔
Actually the kids have had crocks when they were younger, but it seems they never peed in them 😜


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Very good, as then you can sell bonzai agaves in Austria and the neighboring countries 😜 !LOLZ

Wow! I think everyone in Europe peed in their shoes when they were small 😜😂😆🤣
Maybe the crocks were too tight for the kids and it squeezed their roots 😇

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Mini Agaves - that might become a great business 👍😀 !LOLZ

Peeing in your shoes
makes the leather smooth,
but we didn't know
that we don't grow 😂😂😂


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Mini Agaves whisky sounds even better, as I am sure that it will sell more 🤣 !LOLZ

A lovely little poem there and they have a saying, If the shoe fits, then wear it. 😜

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Cool, that sounds like another great business idea 😀 !LOLZ

Oh yes, I like this saying, but I can tell you that in my company we are "wearing" many shoes that don't fit 😂


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Just thinking out of the box as they say 🤣 !LOLZ

Maybe that's why they are always turn red in the face when they get caught doing something wrong, as they will never admit that it was wrong 🤣

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Nope, ours don't get red faces - they are used of it 😭 !LOLZ


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Again, I can only laugh at this, as ours are also very confident by pleading innocence 😉 !LOLZ

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I found a few of these in June. They grow this tall stem but later, the plant dies.

https://peakd.com/hive-183841/@mipiano/noble-destiny-of-the-agave-plant

When I was talking a photo of this agave, my leg and its thorn had a "close encounter".

I still have the mark, after a few months 🤐

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Thank you for the reminder and you are right, as they die after they flower. I forgot to mention it in the post. Some people also use the fallen dry stems for roofing material.

Thank you also for the link of your post and it was a really beautiful post. So, I presume that the Agaves also grow in Spain?
Sorry to read about the thorn prick and it's best to stay away from those thorns.

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Yes, they also grow here in Spain, and that is true, we should definitely stay away from the thorns. Now I know :D

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