But it is for its own continuation that it fell. Isn’t it true that left alone in the desert new plants will grow from the stalk? naturally in a human manufactured environment it becomes an ‘eyesore’… however the agave was only following its own way of living and reproducing. I wonder if it is self pollinating. Many desert plants reproduce by dropping pieces on the ground or growing babies all around at their base, but I do not know if that is a type of self-cloning or what. I have not read anything botanical about this kind of agave; I would think that the mother agave in time will enrich the soil with its own decay and the stalk may feeds the babies until they root. Now I’ll go and learn some new things about the natural world. Great photography and great documentation. Thank you !
But it is for its own continuation that it fell. Isn’t it true that left alone in the desert new plants will grow from the stalk? naturally in a human manufactured environment it becomes an ‘eyesore’… however the agave was only following its own way of living and reproducing. I wonder if it is self pollinating. Many desert plants reproduce by dropping pieces on the ground or growing babies all around at their base, but I do not know if that is a type of self-cloning or what. I have not read anything botanical about this kind of agave; I would think that the mother agave in time will enrich the soil with its own decay and the stalk may feeds the babies until they root. Now I’ll go and learn some new things about the natural world. Great photography and great documentation. Thank you !
The mother sends up baby agave from its roots before it dies. Nature has a way of taking care of its self, but the plan doesn’t always work.
Thanks for the comment.