"They only produce one stem in their entire life and you have to wait 15 years for it to bloom and then it dies,” said Jorge Fidel Gonźalez, the greenhouse supervisor with the biology department. Yes, ...

The agave americana plant stands around 20 feet high; this bloom is a rare occurrence! It belongs to the asparagus family, so the stock looks similar to the speared vegetable. This plant has a ...

An agave “century plant” said to bloom only once every 100 years has begun to open its bushy yellow blossoms in Hibiya Park in Tokyo. Locals and foreign tourists alike crowded into the park on ...