Cacti: The Illustrated Dictionary vipp 2-19 A medium size growing Agave

A medium size growing Agave

but not as terete as that species and with more leaves

variegated bracts and yellow flowers

Pink branches top the spike and produce purplish-blue flowers at anthesis

very spiny leaves in compact

Cacti: The Illustrated Dictionary vipp 2-19 A medium size growing AgaveMany of the succulent genera Agave, Haworthia, Kalanchoe, & Yucca, for example include some of the best known & most often cultivated house plants, & few plants of any kind can compete with Lithops for sheer weirdness. The Preston Mafhams' book on cacti concentrates on the globular cacti, particularly Mammillaria, but includes some popular columnar forms such as Echinocereus. Paperback. Timber press. 223 pages. Softcover.