Archive for April, 2015

Stick Bug Came to Visit

Sunday, April 19th, 2015

A stick bug came to visit. It hung out on the screen door most of the day.

Stick Bug

I kept hoping that there would be a magical transformation like the one that occurs in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth. But, it didn’t happen. The next morning it was gone.


Fun Find Growing Next to Brugmanisa Seedling

Sunday, April 19th, 2015

Fun Find Growing Next to Brugmanisa Seedling


Agave Next Door

Sunday, April 19th, 2015

Agave

Agave March 24th

Agave

Agave April 19th

Agave Teeth

Agave Digging Into Itself

Agave Teeth

Agave Scrapes and Scars

What happens after an agave blooms? According to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum this is what happens to most agaves after they bloom–

“In all but a few species the rosette dies after flowering and fruiting, having spent all of its life energy to produce a huge quantity of seeds-a monocarpic (once-fruiting) life cycle. The plants literally flower themselves to death.”