Polianthes tuberosa The Pearl Laos Agave isthmensis 'El Chichon' is

Agave isthmensis 'El Chichon' is a 2021 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of a sport we discovered on Agave isthmensis 'Ohi Raijin Shiro Nakafu'

If anyone knows where this clone originated (probably Japan)

which emerge nicely patterned

producing 2' tall stalks in July and August

rising early and going dormant early

Polianthes tuberosa The Pearl Laos Agave isthmensis 'El Chichon' isPolianthes tuberosa 'The Pearl' is a renown North American native geophyte, (Guanajuato and Michoacn, Mexico), that's prized by florists for use as a cut specimen, and prized by native people for use as a food and medicine. This particularly clone produces 2' tall stalks of exceptional double white, sweetly fragrant flowers.