Bendy Succulent

I know I should know what this is and I think someone on GC has one (probably pete ). I know it was referred to and pictured in one of my monthly magazines lately ... but I can't find them in the current melee of works here and it's not in my Med book.

This lovely little border is across the road from where we eat grilled chicken, the pic taken from our "regular" table ...

 

It looks a bit like the flower stalk of Agave Attenuata

But I dont have one.

 

That name sounds familiar, pete. Will have to check it out when I locate my magazines.

Thank you ... at least it gives me something to work on as I've seen a few here.

 

As far as I know its the only agave that doesn't die after flowering, similar to an aloe.
(swan neck agave)

 

Do they look like this?

 

That's it, we saw them for the first time in the Canaries and I remember seeing someone had one in their balcony box in Armacao - bet they didn't know what they had planted!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_attenuata

 

Swan neck now rings a bell, pete. Must admit, I hadn't gone that close, pete. Silly, I know, you would have been there examining, taking close ups, etc, etc ... :D

Sis, this is across the road from "chicken on the hill" aka Restaurant Marinha in Algoz.

 

Hi, pete, I've looked this up on several sites. It's call the Fox Tail Agave and all say the rosette dies after flowering.

http://www.anniesannuals.com/signs/a/agave_attenuata.htm

Sounds like quite a nice plant actually except for the size.

 

Yeah, I can see your right LOL, dont know where I got the idea that that one didn't die after flowering, I think it was an old Roy Lancaster book, cant find it now.