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larger one in Mexico, and
even bigger from Piteralandia, Alicante, Spain. Copyright Spain: P.C. van
der Meer.
Real nice looking plant in
Obesa Cacti Nursery in South Africa. |
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This member of the
Nolinaceae
family was described by Lemaire. It's found in the south-eastern part of
Mexico. Give it lots of sun, well drained soil and some
water, and the caudex will grow to 3,6 meters in diameter, and the stem
will reach nine meters. It can be reproduced both by cuttings and seeds. I
bought mine in Roskilde around 1980 and after it has survived many years
of over watering, it died in 2006 after what I thought was the right
dryer winter treatment.
It is dioecious, but will only flower when
it's 20 years old. Lots of
white/yellow/crème flowers give small fruits with 2-3 seeds.
This was my first caudiciform. It
hasn't had soil for 10 years, but
seems to grew fine. One year it suddenly grow a side-branch. I don't let it
go to dormantsy, but it can. It
can even stand frost (-7 C).
The family-name Nolina comes from the French agriculturist P. C. Nolin.
University of Connecticut lists
Beaucarnea recuvata as
Nolinaceae.
The International Plant Names Index lists Beaucarnea/Nolina recuvata as
Liliaceae.
Missouri Botanical Garden lists Beaucarnea recuvata Liliaceae.
University of Vermont lists Beaucarnea recuvata as Nolinaceae.
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