Species · genus Agave · Asparagaceae

Royal Agave

Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore

Also known as: Queen Victoria Agave

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

Mexico Northeast

Reference · A. victoriae-reginae

Cultivars of A. victoriae-reginae

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under A. victoriae-reginae yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A slow-growing succulent rosette native to the arid limestone country of northeastern Mexico, storing water in its thick leaves and resenting wet roots. Give it the brightest spot you have, ideally direct sun, in a gritty fast-draining mix. Water deeply only once the soil has dried fully through, when the mix is bone-dry well below the surface.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-30d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 30 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

5–32 °C

Soil mix

Very gritty, extra-sharp draining succulent mix

Propagation

Slow-forming offsets; commonly grown from seed

Fertilizing

Very light feed once in the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Essentially never indoors; one bloom after decades

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-30d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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