Furcraea selloa

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Furcraea selloa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Furcraea selloa, Koch. Trunk finally 3-5 ft.: lvs. spreading, concave and revolute or plicate, rough-backed, about 3x50 in.; teeth 1/5 -1/4 m. long, 1 1/3 – 1 3/5 in. apart, variously curved: infl. tall, stalked, glabrous; fls. 1 3/5 in.; ovary 2/3 in.; segm. 1 in.: caps, not known: freely bulbiferous. Colombia. B.M. 6148.—Frequently meant when the name F. cubensis is used. A handsome white- or finally yellow-margined plant, frequent in cult, is F. selloa marginata, Trel. (F. lindenii, Jacobi. F. cubensis lindenii, Hort. Agave cubensis strutta, etc., Hort.). Wiesner Festechr., p. 350. I.H. 21:186. G.W. 10, p. 212; 11, p. 135; 16, p. 162. G.C. III. 23, p. 227 (as F. gigantea). A form of this, rosy tinged and without marginal prickles, edentata, Trel., has been intro. from the Colombian Andes recently by Pittier. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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