Pictures by Carlo Morici
 
Agave caribaecola in Antigua, August 1995.
 
Agave caribaeicola in Antigua , August 1995

Young plants of Agave albescens growing on
"dogtooth" limestone rock with no soil.
Cuba: Provincia de Guantanamo, around Cajobabo, April 1998.

Agave albescens growing together with Melocactus acunae.
Cuba: Provincia de Guantanamo, around Cajobabo, Oct 1996.

Close up of a partial inflorescence of Agave albescens
Cuba: Provincia de Guantanamo, around Cajobabo, Oct 1996.

Inflorescence of Agave albescens with a hummingbird species that pollinates it.
Cuba: Provincia de Guantanamo, around Cajobabo, Oct 1996.
 
Agave brittoniana.
Pictured in Oct 1996 in Cuba, Provincia de Cienfuegos

A young variegated specimen of Agave brittoniana with some
yellowish stripes in its leaves.
Pictured in Oct 1996 in Cuba, Provincia de Cienfuegos.

Populations of Agave brittoniana growing on a hillside.
Pictured in Oct 1996 in Cuba, Provincia de Cienfuegos

Populations of Agave brittoniana growing on rocky cliffs.
Pictured in Oct 1996 in Cuba, Provincia de Cienfuegos


Wild agaves growing in the central part of Nevis, August 1995
Probably Agave karatto
 
The rare endemic Agave shaferi, pictured in Eastern Cuba in October 1996.
This species is restricted to a few outcrops of exceedingly drained karstic limestone,
located in a secluded area of the humid Sierra de Nipe at 400-600 m asl.

......