Hey, those look like familiar plants, Rina, and happy ones too. Your first will start pupping within a year/two or your money back. I find many of my plants from the States take a year to adjust to the Best Place on Earth (BC's old 'official' slogan).

That is Agave 'Felipe Otero' #76. Sierra Mixteca Agave. I love mine. Very strange large spine formation makes it look mean. Really good choice for a first Agave.

The other has the right morphology for Agave ferdinand-regis, but that species has been subsumed into Agave victoriae-reginae. I have the later form. It's interesting to see the obsolete old name is still being used. Even though botanists decided they are the same thing, there are distinct form characteristics for each name being sold.

Brad

'looks mean'? I nearly severed my careless arm when I separated Rina's pup from Mama.

Brad

Thank you for additional info, I tried to read about them and read about the spines on FO-76.

Some of the info I found on the second one:

from Plant Delights

Agave nickelsiae is the new...I mean old name for Agave ferdinandi-regis (yes, ferdinandi is spelled correctly). Agave nickelsiae is often lumped by herbarium taxonomists (people who study dead plants) with Agave victoriae-reginae, but Agave nickelsiae can be easily distinguished by more glaucous foliage, larger leaves, and larger terminal black spines. Each tight, slow-growing clump will reach 10" tall x 18" wide. We'll let the taxonomists fight the name battle while we enjoy the plants in our garden. Under favorable cultivation conditions, Agave nickelsiae should flower in 12-15 years with a solitary, upright, 12' stalk of hummingbird-attracting flowers.

and from Ruth Bancroft Garden

As is too often the case in the plant world, there is much confusion regarding the naming of this plant. It was first named as Agave nickelsiae in 1895, but was re-named as Agave ferdinandi-regis by Agave expert Alwin Berger in 1915. Later authors, notably including Howard Scott Gentry, considered it to be merely a form of Agave victoriae-reginae, not even meriting the rank of a subspecies or variety. Recently, however, a group of Mexican botanists have noted the significant floral differences between the plants, and they have concluded that A. nickelsiae should be recognized as a separate species.

Both Agave nickelsiae and Agave victoriae-reginae are notable for their compact rosettes with striking white lines which look as though they had been painted on the surface. However, in A. nickelsiae there are fewer leaves in a rosette, and these tend to be narrower, longer, more splayed, and often with a milky-bluish tinge. A. nickelsiae usually also has a more prominent black spine at the tip of the leaf. In both species, the leaves sometimes have a double tip or even a triple tip.

Jeff, hope you are OK...the plants are really appreciated.

Rina

Rina, I'm fine - it was just a scratch but I was expanding on Brad's comment about it looking mean. There are much worse Agaves as far as pain is concerned - never, ever get jabbed in a knuckle is what I'd advise, at any rate. Yes, I know the plants are appreciated, and that makes it all the more worth it. Thank you!

Some of them are quite mean beasts, I had to send all of mine to live at Grandma's house because their spiky bits were disturbingly near eye-level with my toddler...Maybe someday they can come back!

Rina, thanks for the additional info on the name confusion. It is great to see that some folks are willing to give them different species names. The morphology is definitely not the same. I think you should tag it Agave nickelsiae. Ferdinand loses either way.

Brad - done...with all other details/info copied since I can't remember all that stuff :)

Here are some other plants received in July - these are 3 separate plants, 2 are almost same size and both are growing already, third one has new babies since:

Two more plants - in their new home:

Echeveria chroma, one of new additions this July - received June 24; outside since begining of July in partial sun: