Forgotten Fotos of Americana Century Plant (2009)

My previous topic was a New Mexico century plant, a peewee compared to the Americana this time around. I took the Americana pix in 2009 starting from the end of March to end of June, mostly weekly. The first eye-catch was the stalk starting to grow upward. The plant had reached about 10' high already. By early May, it already reached 20' and displayed branches and flower clusters. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Forgotten Fotos of New Mexico Century Plant (2012)

During my recent file manager tour, I ran across a series of pix of a smallish century plant that inspired me to make it this month's topic. It already showed its stalk pointing upward from its base of leaves, aka rosette. The stalk's branches and bloom clusters progressively grew in quantity and size. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

A 2021 Century Plant's Unfortunate Life Cycle

On January 18, I spotted the agave with an emerging stalk. (Speculating it started its growth maybe the previous week.) Its timing seemed way earlier in a year; many others I've observed seemed to start in early March. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Feb 2021 Deep Freeze to Aftermath Images

The time period between February 11 and February 23 was exciting for the snow, ice, and cold. Environments outside were pictureworthy. I needed to take a few pix through windows, unwilling to venture into such bone-chilling cold and also risking ruining my camera. I created several composites and organized into groups that show ice, snow, and aftermath. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--16th & Final Week, 3 2 1 0

Gone. Gone. No Lefty left anymore. From three century plants to none, it's been an interesting mission to photograph he plants weekly and publish the articles for 16 weeks straight. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/10/century-plant-triplets-16th-final-week.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--15th Week, Lefty and Another Week Still

Lefty looks nearly identical as in the previous week's pix. One obvious difference is about 1/4 the distance up, to the left of the metal pole. The June 3 pic shows a white object, the June 10 pic doesn't. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/10/century-plant-triplets-15th-week-lefty.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--14th Week, Lefty and Another Week

On June 3, Lefty still stands, and with bloom clusters, but taking on a darker look than in the previous week. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/10/century-plant-triplets-14th-week-lefty.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--13th Week, 3 Successive Leftys

Comparative pix can affect perception. The pixstrip shows Lefty for May 13, 20, 27. Note that for each of those picture days, the sky conditions seem to correlate with Lefty's bloom clusters condition. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/10/century-plant-triplets-13th-week-3.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--12th Week, Lefty's Bloom Clusters Declining

Lefty's bloom clusters display a dramatic dulling of color intensity from the previous week—brightness on May 13, drabness on May 20, as the pixstrip shows. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-12th-week-leftys.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--11th Week, Oh Solo Me Oh!

Righty has left the scene, following Peewee's departure the previous week. The pixstrip shows the century plants for May 6 and May 13. In this article, I include a short, chorus-part parody for Lefty—Oh Solo Me Oh! Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-11th-week-oh.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--10th Week, Minus Peewee

Peewee's gone! The pixstrip shows the century plants for April 29 and May 6. Peewee, like several other century plants I've noticed, looks to have been removed or cut down rather than allowed to naturally fall over. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-10th-week-minus.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--Century Plant Triplets--9th Week Peewee's 2x Leaning Angle

Uh oh. Peewee's leaning angle looks like it's doubled from one week to the next. I also talk about single plants and multiple stalks, compared to the triplet set I've been writing about. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-9th-week-peewees.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--8th Week Lopsided Peewee

Happy Labor Day weekend, statesiders! In the April 22 image, the triplets are very robust. They all grew a little taller, and gained a smidge more bulk at the branches and bloom clusters. However, Peewee is looking unbalanced, maybe a bad sort of top-heavy. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-8th-week.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--7th Week Lookit the Tops

April 15 (tax day!) was a beautiful blue-sky day, and the subjects' details crisper than on April 8. Amazingly, these century plants continued upward growth even while continuing to grow outward. And the bloom clusters grew bigger. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/century-plant-triplets-7th-week-lookit.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--6th Week Subtle Continued Growth, Gauging Heights

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pics from April 2 and April 8. At first glance, they don't seem to have changed much. I have, however, included height guestimations by using a street sign height and estimated people height as initial reference units of measure. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/century-plant-triplets-6th-week-subtle.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--5th Week Closer Looks at Stalks and Branches

This week, I decided to put up a zoom view pixstrip of the older and newer stalks to better show the changes to the century plant triplets. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/century-plant-triplets-5th-week-closer.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--4rd Week Higher and Branching Out

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 18 and March 25. The plants have grown still taller, and they have started branching out. The branches look like crosses between Christmas trees and candelabras. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/century-plant-triplets-4th-week-higher.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--3rd Week Higher Up

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 11 and March 18. Do a visual comparison of heights of the plants between the picture on the left and the one on the right. The increased height looks to be about the height of the sign on the right. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-3rd-week-higher_28.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--2nd Week

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 4 and two from March 11. Do a visual comparison of heights of the two pictures on the left. … The picture on the right shows the March 11 image with additional skyward background for height reference. As my series continues, pictures will show sprouting progress, more than looking like giant asparagus shoots.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-2nd-week.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--Stalk Starts

Agave, noted for use in making tequila and agave syrup (aka nectar), can also have a spectacular end-of-life stage—
that of a century plant. This article is the first one in my series of the plants, which look like they started sprouting within the previous week before my pic.
Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-stalk-starts.html and comment there, please.