Agave Victoria Regina 66mm potted
Agave Victoria Regina 66mm potted
The Queen Agave Agave victoria reginae
- Very slow growing, compact succulent.
- Solitary head will reach 40cm in 30 to 50 years.
- Plant in good well drained soil. +
- Outdoors in pots or garden.
- Indoors in direct sun.
- Full sun or partial shade.
- Water when almost dry in summer, less often in winter.
- Frost hardy.
- May flower from 10 years of age.
- Solitary habit no maintenance required.
- Shape will be more compact in poor soils or full sun.
- From LLifle
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Origin and Habitat: It is endemic to the arid lower elevations of the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains in the state of Coahuila and south of Nuevo Leon in north-eastern Mexico (Huasteca canyon, Sierras de las Noas, Viesca, and adjacent areas just south of Saltillo).
Habitat: It grows mainly in calcareous soil characterised by a desert or semi-desert environment and is found in profusion on the steep slopes and near vertical cliffs of the canyon walls where forms large colonies. It is often associated with Hechtia sp. a genus of bromeliads which we often found growing with cacti.
While Agave victoria-reginae remains endangered in its native habitat, it has become very common in cultivation. -
