Spiky ID please

[charlie]

Saw this flowering on Madeira in 2012, on returning this year was surprised to see the flower spike still there, now dropping baby plantlets, I picked a few up and as some now seem to be growing thought it would be useful to find out for sure what it is

023 by charliepridham, on Flickr

this is a better view of some leaves

071 by charliepridham, on Flickr

[flounder]

Looks a bit like some sort of pandanus

[conrad]

A Furcraea? Maybe F. selloa var. marginata?

[charlie]

A Furcraea? Maybe F. selloa var. marginata?

Thanks, I thought it had similarities to the Fucraea I see down here but they were so big it made me doubt myself!

[charlie]

Looks a bit like some sort of pandanus

I don't think so but I can see where you are coming from

[flounder]

Looks a bit like some sort of pandanus

I don't think so but I can see where you are coming from

Now had a second look, growth habit is nothing like a pandanus!

[SteveP]

It looks a bit like Agave Angustifolia var. Marginata but the flower suggests Furcraea

Therefore, Furcraea Hexapetala var. Marginata ?

Steve