Agave x pumila | Miniature agave
€47,70
Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker
🌱 Morphology
An extraordinarily slow-growing, compact-looking agave, known for decades almost exclusively in cultivation. In its juvenile stage, it forms a small, very tight rosette with thick, rigid, lanceolate leaves, bluish-green to grey-green in color, each with a short, dark terminal spine. The undersides of young leaves show characteristic darker lines or markings in the form of small strokes, related to its affinity with the Agave lechuguilla group. With age, it can undergo a notable transformation: the leaves lengthen and the rosette can reach up to about 70 cm in diameter, especially when grown directly in soil.
🌍 Distribution, habitat and family
Its wild origin is not confirmed. The original plant described by Baker came from cultivation, and there is no known type locality. It has been associated with populations in northeastern Mexico, especially Coahuila, and is currently considered a hybrid of probably natural origin. It belongs to the Asparagaceae family, Agavoideae subfamily.
❄️ Temperature · USDA Zone 9b
Tolerates minimum temperatures of up to −4 ºC in dry conditions and when specimens are acclimated. When in a pot, it should be protected from prolonged frosts and, especially, winter moisture.
☀️ Lighting
Very intense lighting with several hours of direct sunlight is recommended. As a guideline during active growth, a PAR DLI of 20–30 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹ is recommended. High radiation promotes compact rosettes and more intense bluish coloration.
💧 Growth cycle and watering
Winter dormancy. During winter, the growing medium should be kept practically dry. Growth resumes in spring and summer, and the plant can be watered thoroughly, allowing the growing medium to dry out completely before the next watering. Its extremely slow growth makes it especially important to avoid overwatering and poor root aeration.
🌸 Flowering
Flowering in this plant is not reliably documented. In fact, the absence of a known inflorescence is one of the reasons why its identity and possible hybrid origin remain a subject of discussion. It is propagated mainly by offsets.
🌿 Nutrition
During active growth, Desert CHOICE® Succulents, formulated with a high content of assimilable potassium and calcium, is recommended. Desert CHOICE® Flowering is not recommended for Agave.
This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a high-tech square pot with a growing medium enriched with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.
9x9 cm pot
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