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Old 15-06-2007, 01:21 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default What the heck is this monster?
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:55:48 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior
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Grandpa wrote in news:T_jci.7901$1o.5514@trnddc01:

FragileWarrior wrote:
A friend posted this on another newsgroup. He saw it yesterday while
on a bike ride. This is scary.

http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=504637

Its a century plant, or Maguey.

Thanks, I'll pass the info along. (And, no, it's not a doctored photo.

Unfortunately, this form of agave will die after flowering. It does
leave what are called pups, which can be cut from the mother plant and
replanted after the mother plant is removed.
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