Agaves of Oaxaca: titanota vs. oteroi

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In todays episode Hunter connects with Tucson based botanist Greg Starr who wrote the description for FO-76 making it officially Agave oteroi. Although Greg has written the description and published it there remains fierce debate online as to wether it is simply just the green titanota and so we are diving in to the thought process and reasoning that Greg used to give FO-76 its designation as a species and hopefully this sheds some light and clarifies things. I would love to know you thoughts in the comment section below. Thanks for watching! 🌵🔥

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[ゆーき-wj]

日本から 見ています。
遠い異国の地で育っているアガベを見れてとても嬉しいです。
歴史的な経緯や種類などの話も聞けてうれしいです。

[AshishGupta-kbnv]

Thanks for sorting out all issues around the classification of agave. Keep up the good work sir 😊

[zeahlessley]

Clear as mud 😋 I have titanota Black and Blue oteroi filagree, and they do look wildly different in terms of leaf shape and form, both about the same age. However, when looking at these examples, I genuinely don't follow and the oteroi examples look like titanota 😂

[newmanmansell]

That was interesting Hunter👏💯I am learning a lot

[helgedonath]

As always, a very interesting and exciting video! I am very interested in taxonomy! Thank you for showing me. greetings from Germany

[Feosnake]

Good video, but I'm still lost tbh haha Aloes/Agaves are a completely different ball game for me🤣

[MrEltunas]

Pfff i think i got more confused with this video 😵‍💫

I just think that Oteroi is the green leaf-white spine agave
And Titanota is the blue leaf-white/ brown spine

Anyway, i just know i love agaves!

[Gzusv]

That was wild. I’m questioning whether my Titanona/s are Oteroi or something else now. 😅 great video btw. These are my favorite agave.

[Bruiserboy]

Loved this, thank you, it’s much clearer to me(I think!). I would have liked a smaller titanota same size as the oteroi for the discussion and comparison (or even better a bigger oteroi).

[erikruggaard]

cultivators use rubberbands to tighten the ball or cut off the crown because its more tightly wrapped than the base

[luziafariasbraz]

nossa amigo que lindo amo agaves e cactos e todas plantas
queria uma dessa

[AridZine]

This scratched an itch I didn’t realise I had…

[jossettspence]

Love watching your channel I am in the Caribbean you have helped me to appreciate cactus growing in the wild on.my.island I have learned a lot about growing cactus, but I am not comfortable when you use curse words. Please