Agave 'Joe Hoak' Hope, and 'Blue Glow' Bloom Update

The small axillary 'Blue Glow' bloom, being short, is easier to photograph:
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This blooming 'Joe Hoak' Agave in the area gave me some hope--it had what appeared to be not only seed pods, but also a few bulbils.  
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Look closely:
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Our own 'Joe Hoak' is getting close to blooming.  The central leaves have become small and slim.  Any day now, the bloom may appear.  At least now, I have hope for a few bulbils, and perhaps even seeds--though who knows what sort of plant they would produce.   
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'Blue Glow' is not showing any signs of forming seed pods.  I've done some more pollinating with Manfreda pollen, but no pods as yet.  
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With no help from me, the Dyckia stems are filled with seed pods, each seed pod filled with seeds:
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You win some, you lose some.  'Joe' may make up for 'Blue Glow'.

Speaking of win, I won a Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' in a drawing over the weekend.  
With Sedum 'Coppertone':
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'Mona Lavender' is a great plant that blooms like crazy.  It is a hybrid that was developed at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. It is vulnerable to snails, slugs, drought, and frost.  I grew it for several years until it finally got woody and weary, and I always meant to get another eventually.  A drawing, and there it was.  Cool!   
       

Comments

  1. Great close up of the flowers.

    A shame the pollination is not taking.

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    1. Doesn't hurt to try. If I was really serious I would find some Agave pollen to try as well, but only so much time and energy available.

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  2. Do you really need more agave babies? :)

    Do the hummingbirds go fo 'Mona Lavender'? Looks nice, and winning it makes it even better.

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    1. "Need" is hardly the point. ;)

      I know the bees like Plectranthus, can't remember about the hummers. It's out there, we'll see if they go for it.

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  3. This weekend I bought a Joe Hoak with pups..........news to me as I thought it was solitary. Maybe the owner of the one in bloom will let you have some of the bulbils; and what's growing on the ground next to the one in bloom. More ?

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    1. Oooh! Lucky buy! JH is supposedly a genetic sport of A. desmetiana, which is not solitary. What is growing on the ground near the bloomer? Echeveria agavoides and Dymondia.

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  4. Your photographs are really cool........So beautiful, especially the first one and the other one of Blue Glow with the oranje glow on the picture.
    Well, your pictures are " cool ", but these tough plants like a lot of warmth.

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