I went to the Arizona Garden at Stanford University not long ago.  I'd been there a few times before--it's a wonderful place to check out all kinds of agaves, cacti, and crassulae especially.  Soon, I'll post a few more pictures of my most recent visit.  But first, I was wondering if anyone can help me identify these two agaves.  I didn't notice them on my last visit (perhaps I was less agave-aware then?), and they both caught my eye immediately.

This one stood about two feet tall and almost as wide.  The leaves were covered with a white powder that didn't brush off very much when I touched it:
This second one is also gorgeous.  It actually looks a little like my agave blue glow, both in the blue-green color of the leaves and in the outlining of the leaves--except that instead of being outlined in red like a blue glow would be, the leaves of this one were outlined in white. 
Can any agave aficionados out there help me out?  I'd love to know what these are! 
 


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10/26/2012 4:51pm

Here's my educated guess: 1 Agave titanota. 2 Agave horrida ssp. perotensis. More sure about #1 than #2. How large was #2?

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10/26/2012 5:12pm

Oh, good question. #2 was about the same size, possibly a tad smaller. I was thinking that maybe #1 was agave havardiana, but the leaf shape doesn't seem quite right.

Never heard of Agave horrida ssp. perotensis, so I just did a search. Maybe so!

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