Species · genus Agave · Asparagaceae

Octopus Plant

Agave vilmoriniana A.Berger

Also known as: Octopus Agave

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest

Reference · A. vilmoriniana

Cultivars of A. vilmoriniana

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

Guide

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Agave vilmoriniana is a succulent perennial from the arid uplands of Mexico, storing water in its arching leaves and resenting wet roots. Give it the brightest, sunniest spot you have and a gritty, fast-draining mix. Water deeply but infrequently, only when the soil has gone completely dry to a finger's depth — every two to four weeks indoors, and less in winter.

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 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

4–32 °C

Soil mix

Fast-draining gritty succulent mix

Propagation

Bulbils along the flower stalk, plus occasional offsets

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed once or twice in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely indoors; a tall arching bloom spike at maturity

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 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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