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San Antonio Botanical Garden and elsewhere

Meangreen94z

By Meangreen94z
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Collectorpalms Grand Master

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Stunning, I love visiting San Antonio. I try to make it there either in Spring or fall. 

The SA Botanic gardens has really cleared out a lot of their palms however. 

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Merlyn Grand Master

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On 2/23/2020 at 11:38 AM, Meangreen94z said:

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What the heck is that one?  It sorta looks like Grijalvensis on the label, but I didn't know they had such huge marginal teeth!

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It’s was labeled “Gigantensis”.  Greg Starr did extensive research on this subject. He found the agave being labeled as such in U.S. horticulture is just a form of Sobria(which this appears to be but sun/water starved. He was able to locate the real Gigantensis per locality in Mexico and collect seed. He sells both through his nursery . Agave Gigantensis and Agave Sobria sp “Pseudogigantensis form”

True Gigantensis :Agave-gigantensis-03.jpg

Sobria “Pseudogigantensis form”:

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Ah gotcha, that makes sense.  That one looked horribly unhappy in the photo.  Coincidentally I just bought a Gigantensis from Starr last week, along with a couple of Ferocactus and a Horrida.  It's going to find a place in my backyard agave bed...somewhere...  :D 

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Nice!  I was there in 2019 before the Feb 2021 annihilation.  Glad to see it looks no worse for wear.

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On 6/11/2023 at 10:00 PM, Meangreen94z said:

From today

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That Teddy Bear started flowering a couple of years ago - I wonder if it's set seed yet?  Do they still have the Chamaedorea metallica down by the entrance next to the Rhapis?

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3 hours ago, Fusca said:

That Teddy Bear started flowering a couple of years ago - I wonder if it's set seed yet?  Do they still have the Chamaedorea metallica down by the entrance next to the Rhapis?

It looks like it has seed in the picture. The Coccothrinax miraguama did as well. Unfortunately it was 100°F out and that room only has fans. My wife and son immediately walked through it and out. I didn’t get to spend as much time looking and photographing as I hoped.

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On 6/12/2023 at 5:44 AM, SubTropicRay said:

Nice!  I was there in 2019 before the Feb 2021 annihilation.  Glad to see it looks no worse for wear.

Unfortunately the outside has changed somewhat. The big Beaucarnea recurvata in the courtyard is gone. A lot of the Agave outside of ovatifolia are gone. Several palms including the Brahea armata are gone. The large Trichocereus terscheckii on the hill are still there but one took damage to the trunk.

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