AGAVE STALKS in bloom
This May, walking around Sagres, you see them like real giant asparagus springing from enormous cacti, called Piteiras.
This May, walking around Sagres, you see them like real giant asparagus springing from enormous cacti, called Piteiras.
Piteiras, whose name is Agave Americana, are native to Mexico. They flower, and we call the flower stalk the Pau de Pita, every 11 years, but for many years it was believed that the first flowering happened when the plant reached 100 years of age.
Source: Wikipedia, and ionline
At first they look like real giant asparagus!
The first shoots
Living side by side, the one being born and the one dying...
Looking out at the sea at Mareta
Late-afternoon sparkle
A few photographs to capture the moment... alongside :)