Alexander S. Kunz on Nostr: Shaw's Agave — a strange plant blooming at a strange time... at the end of ...

Shaw's Agave — a strange plant blooming at a strange time... at the end of December. After the plant grows this enormous inflorescence stalk, it dies, but reproduces asexually into multiple clones that grow out of and right next to the dying plant. Cool stuff!

More details & description in the alt text, and on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_shawii

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