21 Jan 2010
Hola from Rincon
We’ve been really tied up with the baby, work and the usual life stuff…but Sydney wanted to say HOLA!
Does anyone know what kind of plant this is that Sydney and Summer and standing next to? It is really cool looking, almost prehistoric. Is this the plant that killed off the dinosaurs?
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January 21st, 2010 at 11:13 am
Hey guys!
That plant looks like agave to me. Tequila time!
Cassie
January 21st, 2010 at 11:17 am
It looks like agave but it’s not. I don’t know what it is either, but I would like a tequila too!!!
January 21st, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Pretty sure it is an agave – there are many different types. I’ve got a couple different types in the yard and they make lots of babies. They have needles on the ends of each leaf that you can snip off with finger nail clippers.
January 21st, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Sydney is growing well in PR, every time I see a new photo he’s getting bigger like the plants there. The link I’ve add is for the agava.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/shrubs/agava_americana.html
I hope it will help.
January 21st, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I have small ones in front of our house, and thanks Katrina for that idea about snipping the needles off, one of my older neighbors said that I should put egg shells on them! NOT!
Sydney – Hola come estas?
January 21st, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Agave or century plant. I guess it blooms every 100 years. My husband tried to get rid of one using a chain saw. Apparently he was allergic to it and swelled up so badly i had to call the poison control people for advice. He can drink tequila with no problem so who knows…
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 am
I’m from New Mexico and without needle it sure looks like an Aloe plant. But, probably not.
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:54 am
I’d say Agave unless there were no thorns then I’d say aloe but in PR you never know. A local Puerto Ricano could tell you, I’m sure.
January 22nd, 2010 at 10:39 am
Sydney is growing so fast! And is it the picture, or is she already developing a Puerto Rican tan? She is too cute. Fran
January 25th, 2010 at 4:45 am
Aww baby Sydney is so cute! *hug*
January 26th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Doug says it is def. a blue agave. watch out if you try to remove one or cut into it at all…. the juice inside is poison and will make you break out in hives and is also pretty painful. you will have to cover head to toe to remove:)
March 6th, 2010 at 8:42 am
I don’t know what an “agabe” is but in pr its called “sabila” it grows big and is good for juices and the sort
March 7th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
It seems like aloe. My grandpa has one in his backyard in Rio Piedras.