American Agave with flower stalk

I visited the QC Memorial Circle today and was rewarded with some agaves with tall flower stalks.



The last photo if of an agave with NO flower stalk.


Photographs taken with a Fujifilm Finepix HS25EXR camera at QC Memorial Circle by Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio.

the tall flower spike of an agave plant

I saw this tall flowering spike of an agave plant in the Univerity of the Philippines Campus in Diliman, besides the Alumni building.

Taken on a dark morning with a drizzle! Hope my cam, Samsung WB150F, is OK!

Plants: Agave Americana, agave, maguey, century plant

This is a big plant! As can be seen in one of the photos of the album. Click on the link shown in the table to view each individual photo.

The agave is held high the life of the US Southwestern Indians, in a similar way the coconut is treated in the Philippines. It is a source of food, drink, medicine, fibers, and even soap! for the native tribes of USA. It was given the name century plant since it takes many years for the agave to flower!

Plant	Agave Americana
Common names	American aloe, agave, maguey, century plant
Camera	Olympus VG-110
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Reference	Wikipedia
Album	Facebook(EP Adorio)