Agave isthmensis Ohi Raijin Shiro Nakafu Cortaderia pure-white flowers

pure-white flowers

and then crossed with the white-top pitcher plant (Sarracenia leucophylla)

adorned with large

arching flower spikes in early spring that are laden with large flowers whose inner sepals look like giant purple spiders with contrasting white exterior sepals on the back

Stout hybrid that still ranks high on my list of favorite garden-worthy daylilies

Agave isthmensis Ohi Raijin Shiro Nakafu Cortaderia pure-white flowersAgave isthmensis 'Ohi Raijin Shiro Nakafu' (white centered thunder queen) is a very rare variegated selection of the dwarf butterfly century plant, Agave isthmensis, which hails from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec along the southern coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. Agave 'Ohi Raijin Shiro Nakafu' makes a tight clump to 4" tall x 4" wide that produces pups from the leaf axils instead of via underground runners. Although Agave isthmensis doesn't have much winter