Hey Liz, I'll go with you, tag along just to help verify that the plant you're
documenting for the group isn't the same as the type I photographed for my
flickr photostream.  We wouldn't want you to have wasted your trip down to
Mexico, for it to be unproductive now would we. Yep, I'd better go with you!
Kelvin



--- On Mon, 7/13/09, Liz Bickel & Irv Weinberg <britestar@...> wrote:

From: Liz Bickel & Irv Weinberg <britestar@...>
Subject: Re: [Digital_Photography_Forum] yaka plant?
To: Digital_Photography_Forum@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 8:24 PM
























If someone pays for the trip, I'll gladly

volunteer to head down to Mexico to do extensive

PHOTO research of the Blue Agave plant vs the

Yucca plant that produced the flowers in Kelvin's photos.



Liz



At 08:13 PM 7/13/2009, you wrote:

>The pic of the Yucca is one of the varieties I've seen very often... the

>smaller one you might see in a garden, of in an office complex or

>shopping center...

>

>The pic of the Agave, is something I never seen growing in New Mexico...

> not saying it doesn't just saying compared to the number of Yucca, and

>the different kinds there are... none look remotely close to this agave.

>nor have I seen anything close to that picture growing abundantly in New

>Mexico...

>

>The liquor made with the Agave I believe is a product of Mexico, so

>perhaps the Agave grows further south??€?

>

>Maybe someone can get a Digital Photographic device down there and take

>some pictures so we might compare :) (gotta at least pretend to stay

>somewhat remotely close to the topic...) Then again... it was NICE to

>see the PICTURE of the Yucca... reminded me of "Home" :)

>

>We now return you to the list, which is already in progress.

>

>Liz nickel & Irv Weinberg wrote:

> >

> > Kelvin,

> >

> > I won't try to even guess which exact "variety" produced the flowers

> > in your lovely photos. However, the Yucca Plant is a member of the

> > Agave Plant family. So both answers that have

> been given to you are correct.

> >

> > Yucca Plant

> > http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Yucca <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Yucca>

> >

> > Agave Plant

> > http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Agave <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Agave>

> >

>

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