Agave Celsii x Polycantha.
Mitis x Obscura
Description.
One of my own hybrids that was produced by applying agave polycantha pollen to agave celsii that was in flower. The pollen was collected from the polycantha and preserved in the freezer for a two years. Or should we be calling this mitis x obscura ? Celsiantha has a better ring to it than mitiscura, or does it? It seems to have inherited the black teeth from polycantha while retaining the light green colour from celsii.
Agave Celsii (host plant).
Photographed during flowering in 2018.
The Celsii Gallery has images of this host plant starting with the first signs of the emerging flower spike through to flowers and seed pods.
Agave polycantha (pollen donor).
Photographed in 2016, just starting to flower.
The Polycantha Gallery has images of this host plant starting with the first signs of the emerging flower spike through to flowers and seed pods.
