A giant plant named Agave Americana or Truman's agave plant in the Truman State University on its blooming stage.

According to experts, it is set to die soon. The university's associate professor of Biology Lisa Hooper said that he has been sitting university's greenhouse for almost fifty years. He has seen the plant getting bigger and reaching to the roof.

Agave Americana plant is known for blooming and after it blooms, it dies. The university's greenhouse officials said that once the plant dies, it leaves a new plant behind. After that, another cycle begins that can last for another fifty years.

The plant has the potential to grow as high as 25 feet and then it starts to branch out. The Agave Americana plant mostly grows in Mexico deserts and it is best used in the production of the country's popular drink tequila.

The sugar that accumulates in the leaves of the giant plant is fermented, harvested and turned into alcoholic beverages.

Hooper said “It’s been here for 50 years, for all we know. We don’t know who brought it here originally. All we know anecdotally is we have faculty members who have been here for 35 or 40 years and they remember it as a fairly big plant".

The university students noticed the stalk coming out of the plant a few weeks ago and reported it to the greenhouse officials. They then started removing panels of the roof to accommodate its growth. Once it bloomed, the stalk should grow uninterrupted.

Hooper added that the plant has been in the university for more than five decades. However, they are unaware who might have brought the plant to the university.

The fibers of the Agave Americana plant are turned into colorful threads and their pointy ends are become sewing needles. The plant is used for natural fences.