How the Missouri Botanical Garden is helping save a critically endangered agave plant
The Agave pelona is indigenous only to one mountain range in Mexico. There are very few of this endangered agave left in the world — but two of them are housed at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
MoBOT is on a quest to save the endangered agave, and it’s now in the midst of a concerted effort to do that. As Senior Horticulturist Jared Chauncey explained on Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, each of its agaves will bloom just once before it dies. When it does, it’s time for scientists to spring into action, ensuring that the seeds are pollinated and can reproduce.
MoBOT has been waiting for its two agaves for decades now. But last month, the staff noticed one of the plants was flowering.
It was hard to miss.
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