Friday, March 15, 2013

Agave

UNIDENTIFIED AGAVE, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, MARCH 14, 2013

Pentax K-01
Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro
1/750 sec. f13
ISO 1600

Identifying some of the plants in the arid greenhouse at the Botanic Garden can be difficult, for they're all jammed together with ID nameplates scattered willy-nilly. This does appear to be some kind of agave, but the species is elusive. Note the ghostly green spikes on the blades of the leaves; I wonder what their purpose is.

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