This succulent grows in the wild here at Grand Canyon National Park and what is unusual is that this agave is near its demise. This Utahensis Agave flowers once, and then it dies. At around 10 or 20 years old, it will produce a single and fast-growing 10-foot flower stalk just before it dies. All images produced by author.
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How bizarre! Gorgeous photos of an amazing place 🙂
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Thanks James. GC is pretty cool
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The magic is if you look under the dead mother plant, you will see lots of ‘pups’ to carry on her legacy. Not to mention any seeds she produced. 🙂
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I didn’t think of that but that is nature at work.
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It is the same with the agave in Europe, but I think it takes them 50 years to get to flowering stage. End in beauty.
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Didn’t realize there is Agave in Europe 😃
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Yes, in Spain/Canary Islands and southeast Europe.
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That makes sense .
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This was amazing, only a photographer can see this yellow plant… Standing amazing. I loved them all. Thank you, Love, nia
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Mother Nature gives us such pathos and such grace.
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Well said Ana. 😁
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