New Agave: Agave x romanii 'Shadow Dancer'

Agave x romanii 'Shadow Dancer'.  I've never heard of Agave x romanii.  Supposedly x romanii is Agave filifera x A. mitis albidior.  Supposedly.  (A mitis used to be called A. celsii, if you were not sufficiently confused.)   This is said to be a dwarf sport version of that with some color variation.  Okay, whatever.  It looks a little 'Blue Glow'-y to me.  Just a little.  Read the stuff in that link.  Ocahui x attenuata is supposedly 'Blue Glow'. 

Whatever.  It's cute.

I repotted the little Agave immediately upon receiving it.  It arrived in a pot of what appeared to be sodden ground wood, not an ideal media for Agave roots.  The crown of the plant and the first two inches of roots were further encased in a solid tube of sodden peat, also not the very best thing for Agave roots.  What little plants can be rapidly grown out in for eight weeks in a controlled environment is not what they should be growing in long term.  The roots looked okay, but it was time for them to be out of decomposing sawdust.  

Speaking of long term in a pot, my Aloe re-survey posts worked--creating strong motivation to get poor Aloe suprafoliata out of its little pot and into the ground.  Just in time--I hope.  The root system didn't look so great.  It had been in the pot far too long. 

It is under shade cloth cover for a few weeks, until the solar intensity subsides in mid-October, so it can settle in and grow some healthy roots--I hope...

The thought did occur that I need a real potting bench instead of my usual awkward arrangement.  Having a potting bench sitting unused--I'd be highly motivated to actually use it.  Repotting would be easy.

I'll put it on the list.  Motivation is no mystery.  We know what motivates us;  we just don't want to admit it.  Fear of looking stupid works great.