PlantFiles: Agave
Agave 'Sierra Mixteca FO-076'

Talked to a field collector who has extensive experience with growing, collecting and identifying Agaves.. .he has seen these and A titanotas in the wild in the Oaxaca area and it is his opinion the two are most definitely the same species, though obviously extremes, but along a contineum seen in nature. The primary population of this Agave is only across a road from the Aloe titanota population, and among this population were many forms and transitional plants that had a significant variation in size and 'blueness', with some being indistinguishable from the A titanotas across the street. However, giving this one a different name, for cultivational purposes, is still a nice way to reflect their differences.. .but in terms of being a different species, that is not so clear.

This plant is being labeled in many places as Agave titanota, which is not accurate.
It is actually a descendant of a field collected specimen in Oaxaca, Mexico (nearby where A. titanota is native to).
Tenatively Known as 'Agave sp. Sierra Mixteca FO-076' or 'Agave sp. Nr.1'
Mine was labeled as 'Agave FO-076' (the FO-076 being the field collection number,,,Felipe Otero is the one who did the field collection.)

This is one of my favorites just added to my garden.