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Just returned from Mexico and was able to drive through the Cuatrocienegas area to see the ultra-cool Fouquieria shrevei.
Unfortunately, we missed flowers (a couple of flowers looked like we missed by only a few days, but most were well past blooming). Still a spectacular sight. And growing almost side-by-side where the gypsum ended was good ol' Fouquieria splendens. One of the clearest examples of habitat segregation I've ever seen.
Here are a few photos from the area.
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Here's F. splendens with F. shrevei in the background.
I grow F. shrevei and have had no problems down to 28F. F. formosa is (surprisingly) the most cold-hardy of all the Fouquieria for me (I grow all 11 species)...it was undamaged by temps dropping to 18F a few years back; as a matter of fact, when we have Winters with severe cold snaps (less frequent now...biggest for me were 2007 and 2011), my F. formosa seem to kick into a higher gear of growth the following Spring.
So great- they put Alluaudia to shame. So much like the Whip corals I had in a marine aquarium years ago.
I don't think I've ever come across one locally. Not even the botanical gardens.
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
