Desert Agave Detail

Like most Agaves, California’s desert agave is monocarpic, meaning it flowers once and dies. Desert agave (Agave deserti var. deserti) does, however, produce little rosettes around its base that eventually grow to adulthood, so only the flowering rosette dies. (In contrast, simple desert agave, Agave deserti var. simplex, produces only one rosette.) It takes about 8 to 20 years for the plant to produce a large flowering stalk, but even as it is flowering, the plant is dying, having put all of its resources into making flowers for pollinators. As the plant dies, its bluish-green leaves and flowering stalk change to a color range of warm hues that slowly darken and dry, lending themselves to colorful abstract images.

This image works well printed on either canvas or metal.

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