HOT CYMS.!!! -OR- they all said it couldn't be done!!!

[DirtyCoconuts]

his coloring is a dead match for the plants around him!!! the variegated agave and the Cym leaves!! it is so cool how nature works

[DirtyCoconuts]

i will add two to this list

Cym (yai x donovan)
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not open yet but at least one flower will make it lol

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and

Cym (mighty tracey x donovan)

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also not open with a few blasted buds but it will get a flower or two... Donovan is a clear heat plus Cym


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second spike

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still have about 5-6 left to "prove" hahaha
this is the best experiment i have participated in

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what good is a post without an actual flower?

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[DirtyCoconuts]

two years later and they have all bloomed at least once. freaking thrips are a real thing and i hate them but now more lady beetles in my 'hood have helped.

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Roberta, i think there is room on my cym table if you are dividing any time soon...... (begging) hahaha

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Roberta, i think there is room on my cym table if you are dividing any time soon...... (begging) hahaha

Time to get to work.

[Keysguy]

My wife loves Cyms but I have had absolutely zero luck with blooming them since I started growing in the Keys.

I have a Grammatocymbidium Nathan Newman which is an awesome plant and now has her on a worldwide hunt for different colors. All to no avail thus far. That Nathan Newman has been in bloom for 3 months so far and no end in sight.

[estación seca]

Agaves look different there than here. Has the variegated one ever flowered? If a simple unbranched tall spike it could be A. vilmoriniana, AKA octopus agave. If it's a branched paniculate inflorescence it could be A. desmettiana. Vilmoriniana almost never offsets from the base, whereas desmettiana usually offsets profusely. If it's vilmoriniana it will produce thousands of plantlets on the spike after the flowers fall. Save the ones with the best variegation.

Tony Avent of Plant Delights forces Agaves to offset by running a large knife vertically through the stem at ground level. If you try this do it during a dry spell. It can be difficult to force the knife through a thick stem, so take great care not to cut yourself.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Agaves look different there than here. Has the variegated one ever flowered? If a simple unbranched tall spike it could be A. vilmoriniana, AKA octopus agave. If it's a branched paniculate inflorescence it could be A. desmettiana. Vilmoriniana almost never offsets from the base, whereas desmettiana usually offsets profusely. If it's vilmoriniana it will produce thousands of plantlets on the spike after the flowers fall. Save the ones with the best variegation.

Tony Avent of Plant Delights forces Agaves to offset by running a large knife vertically through the stem at ground level. If you try this do it during a dry spell. It can be difficult to force the knife through a thick stem, so take great care not to cut yourself.

it has not flowered yet but it is young (3-5 years old) i was told this one will grow to 10-15 and get huge and then spike and die. so that sounds like the vilmoriniana.

a friend gave this to me so i can ask if it was from a basal or a plantlet


for the vertical cut, does he stab i through the side to make a vertically oriented hole or do you mean he slices the stem in half from the top? sorry i just dont like to cut with out knowing lol


very cool info, thanks ES