Yuccas are starting to bloom

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed May 16, 2012 4:49 pm

I spotted the first Yuccas to send up blooms:

Yucca flaccida 'Tennessee Mountain Form' seed grown from Rob of Tenn.
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Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata'.....I crossed this in 2006 and germed inn 2007....pretty quick.
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Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata' full shot
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Yucca recurvifolia/gloriosa? from Jim Kelly of New Jersey....last time this bloomed was in fall
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Full shot of the Yucca recurvifolia/gloriosa getting pretty tall now
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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:55 pm

Very nice Tim.
Can't wait to see your Big Mama bloom.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:56 pm

Big Mama is baby mama since mama died and new suckers are taking over

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Fri May 18, 2012 5:07 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Big Mama is baby mama since mama died and new suckers are taking over

Damn. Too bad it did not continue growth from the main stem... Maybe an F2 will? Do you have any more seed?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri May 18, 2012 5:31 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Big Mama is baby mama since mama died and new suckers are taking over

That sucks.

But maybe the new seed will produce something different.

Still a very cool yucca.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:50 am

I got tons of big mama seed if anyone wants some......I still haven't germed mine yet.

My Y. filata #5 is trunk forming. I sent most people this seed too. If anyone wants more let me know. I'll try to take a photo to show this filata. I also have Y. filata #3 which 'was' trunk forming after blooming but after the second bloom the mother died back........so not long term trunk forming. Hopefully #5 will be long term trunking!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:52 am

That big gorgeous Big Mama is dead?????

Damn.

Could it be one that flowers, produces seeds, and then croaks?

Especially since you had such a mild winter...how sad, sorry Tim.

Barb

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Fri May 18, 2012 4:32 pm

Nice shots, Tim. I especially like the tall recurvifolia/gloriosa! It's too bad to hear about the "Big Mama" dying, but at least there are pups left over!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri May 18, 2012 6:55 pm

yes, big mama (original mother plant) is dead and new suckers are growing now.......I guess the filamentosa genes rule in that hybrid. It would be nice to get a filata that is truely trunk forming!

macario · Post by **macario** » Fri May 25, 2012 2:46 pm

Hey tim sorry we never finished talking had to head to texas a death in the family.

I have two bloomers my rostrata is sending its very first bloom and my filamentosas out in the front of my old house also blooming

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri May 25, 2012 6:16 pm

Oh Mike, sorry, my condolences on your loss.

What showpieces both your properties are with those in bloom!

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat May 26, 2012 4:08 am

Yes, sorry for your loss.

Wow, how'd you get a rostrata to bloom.....is this it's first spring in Chicago? My 6foot tall, 10 year old rostrata still hasn't bloomed.

Please try to hybridize your rostrata and filamentosa (both ways) as it produces awesome looking hybrids!

macario · Post by **macario** » Sat May 26, 2012 6:16 am

Barb where the rostrata is in the yard, no ones even seeing the bloom and the yards almost completely empty since i got divorced and removed everything but the cactus bed.

Tim I have no idea but I think it has to do with the type of muck soil I have and in the yard and the fact that the water tables really close to the surface. I have had 2 trachys in the ground bloom, 2 sabal minor in ground bloomed in the past, my needle palms bloom, meditearanian palm bloomed and even my pindo bloomed. My soil loaded with nutrients I think.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat May 26, 2012 7:07 am

Cool Mike

Nice plant and killer bloom stalk....show us some pics of the new place!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat May 26, 2012 6:35 pm

Mike you had all those plants flower? wow

What ever is in your soil is NOT in mine!!

macario · Post by **macario** » Sun May 27, 2012 11:35 am

Yeah Tim i guess after a little reading most of the city where I lived was swamps and marshland so I guess that why everything in that yard grew so fast.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sun May 27, 2012 1:45 pm

Tim- I'd like some more filata f2 seeds if you have them... I now have access to a growth chamber which will make germinating seeds that much easier!

Hope the rostrata pollen arrives in time to make some hybrids!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun May 27, 2012 5:27 pm

seeds will be mailed soon! See PM.

macario · Post by **macario** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:19 am

Hey tim Call me again to talk about pollenating them both. Both stalks almost extended out and need to know how to time this.

macario · Post by **macario** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:08 pm

Hello well just updating on the status of my yucca rostrata bloom and my attempt on cross pollination with a local filamentosa. my rostrata is about a few more days from maturing and I found a near by variegated filamentosa so i a havesting pollen from 2 different blooms and hand pollinating my rostrata wish me luck.

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Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:16 am

I have only one blooming Yucca at the moment, Y. filamentosa/flaccida, so nothing for crossing yet.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:55 pm

macario wrote:I found a near by variegated filamentosa so i a havesting pollen from 2 different blooms and hand pollinating my rostrata wish me luck.

Good luck!

That should be an awesome cross.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:12 pm

yes, good luck with the hybrid attempt! Keep us updated.

Nice bloom Henoh!

macario · Post by **macario** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:58 am

Hello today I removed donor pollen from freezer at work and after work im going to hand pollinate the rostrata. I decided that im gonna remove the whole anther pollen and all. I will put the anther on the end of a thick long needle and push the whole anther through each stigma. I harvested so many I hope this works.

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DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:08 pm

Here's one for you Tim, I have a yucca elata blooming.

I hope it don't kill it, the plant is not all that big.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:10 pm

macario wrote:Hello today I removed donor pollen from freezer at work and after work im going to hand pollinate the rostrata. I decided that im gonna remove the whole anther pollen and all. I will put the anther on the end of a thick long needle and push the whole anther through each stigma. I harvested so many I hope this works.

Best of luck, I hope they all do well.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:21 am

Marcio- I have to ask- did you dehydrate the pollen before you put it in the freezer?

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:34 pm

Good luck Macario with the hybrid attempt! Keep us updated.

Paul, the rostrata pollen may have worked on the Y. flaccida 'Tennessee Mountain'? Both flowers seem to be swelling. Only time will tell. All the gloriosa attempts appear to have failed. I wonder if gloriosas need more heat? They didn't appear to have much pollen. Today we finally surpassed 80F so I'm interested to see if there is more pollen in the flowers tomorrow am??

Aaron, Y. elata blooming? And it's not that big? Boy..............what are you doing?? You gotta get a Y. elata x neomexicana and a Y. neomexicana x elata (if there is enough time). My 6' tall elata still has not bloomed. What da?

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DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:55 pm

I may take some pollen off Y. neomexicana and put it in the cooler.

I tried pollen from a Y. nana to a neomexicana. Will see?

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:49 am

Hi Aaron,

cool......Y. nana too! Any hybrid with nana would be great. Try to get nana to cross with an east coast Yucca since nana's won't grow here.....not sure why.....so east coast Yucca genes are needed!!

I noticed this morning that the Y. flaccida 'Tennesse Mountain' is forming 2 seed pods from the baccata pollen not Paul's rostrata pollen. So thanks for the baccata pollen.....I hope the pods fully ripen!!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:31 pm

That is great news Tim, I hope to see what that cross would look like.

I think the flowers are all gone now off the Y. nana, but there is always next year.

I took a couple of pods of Y. neomexicana and put them in the cooler for the Y.elata.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:34 pm

TimMAz6 wrote: Aaron, Y. elata blooming? And it's not that big? Boy..............what are you doing?? You gotta get a Y. elata x neomexicana and a Y. neomexicana x elata (if there is enough time). My 6' tall elata still has not bloomed. What da?

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I now around here yucca elata may not bloom every year, as the same with Y. baccata. My big baccata only blooms every other year or so?

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:45 pm

It would be nice if I could get me Y. elata to bloom......just once!

A few update shotss:

Yucca flaccida x baccata....hope it fully develops
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Yucca flaccida x baccata #2
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Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata' hybrid
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Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' very tall bloom on the left
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Opuntia humifusa x phaeacantha hybrid
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DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:26 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:It would be nice if I could get me Y. elata to bloom......just once!

I hear what your saying. I thought it bloomed before.

I think I got mine to bloom becuase of neglect, half the time I forget it's there. It must of wanted attention.

Those hybrids are awesome.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:25 am

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:02 am

Awesome!

Mine will be open next weekend, and I hope to make some hybrids then (I have pollen from Pallida and rostrata, not to mention the recurv. x filata, and filamentosa... Turns out none of my glauca will bloom this year. Damn.).

Tim those stalks are enormous.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:52 am

Aaron,

that Y. elata is so cool. Keep us updated on it's bloom.

PS, did you get any seed pods?

Paul,

I held off sending you pollen so you'll get it 'fresh'. My first flower of Y. 'constricata x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata' opened last night. I'll pack some of that up for you. One tip...I have best success pollenating the flowers which open up later (on the ends of the branches). Not sure why.........but save some pollen for the end of the bloom too. PS, kill as many beetles as you can....I usually pick them and 'squeeze' them hard.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:02 pm

If have time I sure would like to see some pics.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:24 am

updated photo of the Y. 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata'
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Photo of the same Yucca's flower......elongated pistol/style.
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Yucca constricta x filamentosas
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A quick downpour (several hours) filled up the bucket.
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