{"id":60736,"date":"2019-10-21T14:44:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T18:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=60736"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:34","slug":"rare-agave-bloom-taking-place-at-carletons-greenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/rare-agave-bloom-taking-place-at-carletons-greenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Agave Bloom Taking Place at Carleton\u2019s Greenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Rare Agave Bloom Taking Place at Carleton\u2019s Greenhouse\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Members of Carleton University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Biology<\/a> are carefully watching a resident agave plant, as it blooms after more than 30 years in the campus\u2019 tropical greenhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sprouting from a towering stalk, the Queen Victoria agave surprised faculty and staff when it started to bloom after several decades of dormant behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton will host a media availability for journalists to view this rare event and discuss the bloom with Greenhouse Manager Ed Bruggink.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at 3 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Greenhouse of the Nesbitt Biology Building, Carleton University<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: A campus map is <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resembling an asparagus spear, the tall stalk from which the bloom emerges can grow up to five metres. During the stalk\u2019s rapid growth, it was climbing at a rate of 30 centimetres every few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A story on the plant and its once-in-a-lifetime flower can be <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/agave-colossal-blossom-biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Newsroom:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/<\/a><strong><br>\nFollow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Carleton University\u2019s Department of Biology are carefully watching a resident agave plant, as it blooms after more than 30 years in the campus\u2019 tropical greenhouse. Sprouting from a towering stalk, the Queen Victoria agave surprised faculty and staff when it started to bloom after several decades of dormant behaviour. 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