Giant Asparagus? by auntietk
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Description
Nope ... these are the bloom stalks of some sort of agave plant. I believe they're native to Mexico, but I could be wrong about that.
Palm Springs, California
Sunnylands (the Annenberg Gardens)
2013
No trick. I just stood there and took this picture at eye level. I'm about 5'5" in my shoes, so these are 5-1/2 to 6-1/2 feet tall.
There are so many amazing things in the world!
Comments (24)
SunriseGirl
Great shot. When I was a little girl I remember my grandma used to make pincushions out of the dried stalks of Century plants. The center is soft and fibrous and they made very nice pincushions with no work other than cutting them into chunks. You could paint a cuted design on the outside if you wanted, but that was optional.
Mulltipass
Those are so Cool!!! Excellent Capture!!!
junge1
Great shot Tara!
photosynthesis
Definitely looks like asparagus stalks, but I'll take your word for it that it's a human-sized agave plant. I've been using agave syrup as a sweetener instead of sugar for quite a while...
durleybeachbum
Impressive or what! And what fascinating information in the comments!
jayfar
If you hadn't explained I would have believed you!
wysiwig
How interesting. An excellent capture. For some reason I thought of a pair of castle towers when I first saw this.
Wolfenshire Online Now!
lol, put that on some kids plate and tell 'em to finish his veggies.
Katraz
Agave flower spikes grow at an amazing rate a friend had one that broke the glass in her glasshouse at nine feet and carried on to be about twenty four feet high, here in the UK it caused quite a stir and even got her and her plant in some national papers.
Juliette.Gribnau
looks like asparagus indeed; cool
EJD64
Nice shot Tara. I thing something that big would be Woody.
FredNunes
Excellent catch. The light is great in this.
CavalierLady
Wow, that is really cool !! I also would have thought asparagus. Amazing considering the height. Fascinating shot, Tara!
Faemike55
Great capture of this plant
kgb224
Stunning capture Tara. God bless.
MrsRatbag
Nature is truly astonishing; what a great find, and I'm glad you explained the POV, because it would be the natural assumption that you were lying down on the ground shooting up. I can't imagine these being that tall, wow!
dochtersions
Indeed, there are amazing things to discover in this world, and one of them is "You"! And I would like to see a photo from "You" beside this Agave, so I can see with my own eyes the different, as I've no idea of the American sizes. But I guess your giant thing is your art, Tara!
moochagoo
I thought of asparagus too. Very good.
awjay
super shot
RodS
I was gonna say, slather on some garlic butter and throw 'em on the grill.... But I'm not sure how agave would taste.. LOL Those are pretty amazing, and what a great photo of them, Tara!
bmac62
Neat shot Hon. I always get a kick out of everybody else's comments!
helanker
WOW! HAHA! Asparagus! Well, I see the similarity. (hard word to spell ) Hope you stayed to see, what became of it later on, but I guess you didnt have time for that. I sure would have loved to see that.
irisinthespring
Awesome capture!
debbielove
Well it could be but as you say not.. Makes for a great photo though... Rob