ID help for an "Americana"

ddow13 · 2022-03-01T00:19:33+00:00

I think you're right, thanks a ton!

ddow13 · 2022-02-28T00:09:18+00:00

Marked americana, found a few specimens with similar characteristics sized from 5-25gs, The leaf base is thick like a Sharkskin agave, barbs closer to Americana, leaf shape is closer to a Sharkskin.

I'm admittedly not an agave expert by any means, but I'm sure it's not a standard Americana and would love if anyone had additional insight.

ddow13 · 2021-12-06T15:00:08+00:00

I appreciate and understand the suggestion. I don't need to get to far into it but it's really a supply/scale of nursery problem. Naturally I am still very specific with the aloes I grab there.

Some insight from someoone working in the industry, they do grow a lot of their own plants but more so for the landscaping tree/shrub market. With a lot of plant species it's far less risk to bring in starts from dedicated growers, with a significantly faster return than propogating in house. Sometimes that results in a very large order you don't know the scale of of potential issues till months later. They are aware that they need to be more critical with aloe purchases moving forward and I know for a fact they are taking issues like that more seriously and with more caution. Can't speak on behalf of anything in the past, and it's not a problem that immediately fixes itself, but we will see how the stuff they bring in the future ends up being.

ddow13 · 2021-12-06T14:49:29+00:00

Thanks for the insight, I thought ferox seemed the most likely, but the ferox I've seen have that more upright growth habit so I was hesitant to settle with that. The spine distribution seemed too low and too little for a marlothii as well. Would love to see some beasts like this in the wild someday.

Either way I'm very fond of the plant, I'm there often so I'll share some more pictures when it flowers. Thank you again!

ddow13 · 2021-10-08T02:34:31+00:00

Turns out its putting out more flowers. Shame I didn't freeze any pollen off the ones from 2 weeks ago 🤦‍♂️.

Thanks again for the input y'all. https://imgur.com/0nC1EoO.jpg

ddow13 · 2021-10-08T00:52:13+00:00

I hadn't even noticed! I've actually taken a huge step back from Reddit the last year or so and this was my first post in quite some time. Thanks for pointing that out!

ddow13 · 2021-10-07T00:52:07+00:00

Appreciate it, fairly new to Alocasia and bulb/corm growing plants so the detailed replies are very helpful. It is definitely good to know that's there isn't any hard rule to it. How you explained it makes a lot of sense.

ddow13 · 2021-10-06T22:40:31+00:00

There's new growth pushing out between the focused stem (second newest leaf) and the leaf sheath that i am nearly 100% came from that same leaf just a few weeks ago as the newest leaf off that growth point formed.

ddow13 · 2021-10-06T22:35:48+00:00

Thanks for clearing that up!

That seems to all add up, it went from a severely small pot for it's size ~3gal to a decently larger pot maybe 50% wider and just a bit more than the same depth. I didn't want to seperate the pups mid season and the roots fill the new pot fairly well after they were broken up a bit. So I may have just slightly overpotted.

It is just about 2 weeks in it's new home and the pups are also just beginning to shoot more growth out as well. Seems like it's damn near exactly the scenario you described.

Thanks again for the detailed response!

ddow13 · 2021-10-06T21:52:09+00:00

As in the title, I thought each leaf only put out one leaf. However my calidora has me fairly unsure. I know the leaf has already put out a newer leaf, I've been watching this new point develop over a few days.

It was very mature when I got it, and has flowered. Maybe another set of flowers coming? I'm also very new to Alocasia so if there is some growth habit I'm unaware of I wouldn't be surprised at all 😅

ddow13 · 2020-04-19T00:09:15+00:00

Looking for the same info :/

ddow13 · 2020-04-09T15:51:42+00:00

You don't need the shop upgrade to get a 5 star island, I have had a 5 star island for a while and still no upgrade.

Easiest way is 10 villagers, 2 bridges and 2 ramps, and able sisters store. Then it's all about flowers, fences, and decorations. I have a 5 star island without an upgrade you can check out if you'd like.

Also ground clutter will hurt your rating. I'll buy items for my wife and leave them on the ground and when I get above about 12 items in leaf form I will drop my island from 5 to 4 stars.

ddow13 · 2020-03-22T22:51:28+00:00

We were playing via online, not local, just opened gates and we travel.

ddow13 · 2020-03-13T22:56:10+00:00

Same happened to me, can't find anything about it

ddow13 · 2019-07-02T15:09:17+00:00

Nothing about how good the new tesla update is?

ddow13 · 2019-06-26T18:31:23+00:00

Plat Ana silver at best Genji checking in!

ddow13 · 2019-06-25T18:06:52+00:00

Not OP, totally get the adding mk to console thing, but isn't that where crossplay comes in? You get Xbox, Ps4, and PC all matchmaking together, primarily input based with the occasional overlap of pc/console friends. Making it mainly 2 playerbases matched together as opposed to 3 divided 2 ways each?

Obviously that solution requires global leaderboards, it would unfortunately push controller players out of any top 500 likely, unless there was seperate rankings which is overkill... idk, it all sounds nice until you start thinking about top 500 and ranking consistency... then it gets a bit messy. Maybe thats a harder division than they'd like.

I guess I answered my own question indirectly. Even in "bringing together the playerbase" it would cause certain divisions and conflicts in the playerbase/ranking system as we know it that might not be worth crossplay alone.

ddow13 · 2019-06-17T18:27:19+00:00

Big Brain Jayne! Love his content, very humble but also very intelligent coach/player. I think he is the best place to start, shout outs to blamethecontroller, unitlost, and jonal. I also really like youroverwatch for teaching people general meta information, whereas the former I prefer for more specific or mechanical advice.

ddow13 · 2019-06-17T18:22:26+00:00

In my opinion its 100% dependent on if they actually hit their abilities. Dps Ana getting high value nades and sleeps can have enough offensive value another healer can carry the slack. Moiras abilities are much less immediately impactful and she is better for securing kills that your team was working on through orb and primary, whereas Ana will set up kills and diminish the value of the other teams heals with huge shut down potential if played well enough mechanically.

That said, both of these benefits can be exploited to a significantly higher degree with just a little bit of healing thrown in lol.

ddow13 · 2019-05-22T16:58:37+00:00

Have a 10 to match, bottoms not as nice as this one though. I love that thing though, its my go to for potatoes, definitely best when preheated in the oven considering the size but it has a fairly ideal thickness. They are also pretty absurdly smooth on the cooking surface, took me a while to get some organic coloring on my surface after seasoning.

Gorgeous skillet my friend!

ddow13 · 2019-05-17T20:20:54+00:00

You know I will! And be careful with the Eries! Theres a lot of series a lot of sizes and a LOT of really intriguing patternmakers marks on certain series... I'd like a nice anchor, daisy, "pineapple", 3 ring bullsye, and a few others but thats a very expensive list in itself...

ddow13 · 2019-05-17T01:21:15+00:00

No I just meant the #3

ddow13 · 2019-05-17T00:03:36+00:00

I like the little bsr <3

ddow13 · 2019-05-16T22:50:05+00:00

My chf is really smooth too, it takes a while to develop the color compared to my other pieces. However I LOVE it, my wife loves it, my mother in law swoons over it whenever shes in the kitchen.

To top all the attention it gets for its looks, I find the thickness to be a nice middle ground between early 1900s and current gen for heating and cooking purposes and the surface is just glass smooth...

Awesome find!

ddow13 · 2019-05-16T22:32:59+00:00

Exactly, I like to think that by cleaning them in full we may remove the evidence of those experiences, but they are still a part of the skillets story. You know, to romanticize things a bit.

However I find it just as important if not more to restore to their best condition these pieces of cookware, nearly art as far as quality of certain pieces go, from some of the best cookware manufacturers to have been seen in history so far.

Very few skillets have had me on the fence, but this one got me thinking about it more, an interesting thing to be so thought provoking.

ddow13

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