Seed grown yucca elata flowers

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:12 pm

Pics of my seed grown Y. elata with flower stock

And some seed started from ants. (Y. neomexicana)
The only yucca with ants and the only yucca with seed, and I had lots of yucca bloom, none of the other have seed.

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:08 pm

Cool, Your elata looks great. I got some new pictures last weekend of the elatas
in Oroville Wa. flowering. I'll post them soon.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:16 am

Can't wait to see pics of those mosters again.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:45 pm

Aaron, how very beautiful it is.
Love the robust stalk, would probably stand up well to winds.

Congratulations...

Great research results.
I may stop killing ants...

Barb

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:44 am

NIce!

Any other Yucca blooming for hybridization?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:55 am

Paul Ont wrote:NIce!

Any other Yucca blooming for hybridization?

Yes there was, I took pollen from the elata crossed it with filamentosa. I also saved some neomexicana pollen for the elata.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:59 am

If any of my crosses take, would you be interested in trading?

Methinks we're all going to run out of space very quickly... I only have another 1.5 acres to spare!

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:19 am

Paul Ont wrote:... I only have another 1.5 acres to spare!

Paul, are you talking about deforestation of your 1.5 acres? Common, man!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:36 am

nice elata bloom! How old is it from seed?

I also grew mine from seed from year 2000. It still hasn't bloomed!! Not enough sun or what?? Mine has nearly 3 feet of trunk now.

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Interesting that your Y. neomexicana set fruit but other Yuccas didn't. Thanks to the ants? If it was moths you'll have holes in your pods/seeds. We'll find out soon!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:29 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:nice elata bloom! How old is it from seed?

Interesting that your Y. neomexicana set fruit but other Yuccas didn't. Thanks to the ants? If it was moths you'll have holes in your pods/seeds. We'll find out soon!

Tim, I think It is from 2004 or 2006? Not much water

I can't say 100% ants are what do it, but I can say the only yuccas I ever get seed on are the yuccas the ants attack. The ants feed(they like aphids) on the plant right by the yucca, that is why it did not take them long for them to find this yucca when it blooms. The seed never has holes in them like you find yucca seed down south.
I talked to John (a plant nut) and he said he does not get any seed on his yuccas in Reno NV and his reply was becauase yuccas are not native to the area. I thought maybe because he lives in a bigger town farther south he would get seed off his yuccas. Really this is a small town with very few yuccas and I live far from population for the most part. I hope yucca moths find the way here, if they are not already here.

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:45 pm

DesertZone wrote:Can't wait to see pics of those mosters again.

I always have to stop and see the monster yuccas.

Here's a pic from last weekend.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:22 am

WOW....very cool too see them in flower.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:47 am

Great Yucca pics!!!

Hey Tim,is the one on the ground the one the Bill has now??

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:27 pm

Paul Ont wrote:If any of my crosses take, would you be interested in trading?

If I get any seed you can have what every you want.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:45 pm

Jay, those monsters are incredible...
Great you caught the bloom.

Wish the owner/neighbor would remove the dead stuff and show the trunks.
A fire trap as is, unfortunately.

Barb

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:46 pm

I think they would look cool trimmed.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:56 pm

Aaron

Perhaps you should send me some of your ants.....perhaps they will kill all the beetles in my area. LOL

Jay

Very nice to see that specimen in full bloom!

Jim

Yes, Bill's a proud new parent of a 25lb Yucca gloriosa.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:58 pm

25 lb or 25 gallon

Bet that's a beauty!

Next time you visit him, how about a photo?

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:55 pm

Jay-Admin wrote:I think they would look cool trimmed.

They might look like these.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:32 am

Yes, Aaron, it's great to see the trunks...looks spectacular.

Presume that one is suckering?
Or do you think they planted the little ones?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:12 pm

lucky1 wrote: Presume that one is suckering?
Or do you think they planted the little ones?

Those are suckers or seedling.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:41 am

Those are suckers or seedling

Thanks Aaron...amazing that a yucca that old will still sucker.

Barb

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:27 pm

They might look like these.

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Very Nice! Wish those were in my yard.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:18 pm

Great elata find.........I wish mine looked like that!

Ps Ill get some photos next time at Bills

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:05 pm

I like that one but I prefer the hippy look.

Okanagan desert-palms · Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:01 pm

Great pics Aaron and Jay. Glad your yucca seeded Aaron. Jay nice to see the old Y. elata still growing.

John

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:04 am

I like the look with the dead leaves too. WOW!

MCKATELYN · Post by **MCKATELYN** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:37 am

Wow, those are beauties. Since elata have the deep taproot, they don't transplant well. Has anyone had any success with moving a mature specimen like one of those elatas?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:50 am

MCKATELYN wrote:Wow, those are beauties. Since elata have the deep taproot, they don't transplant well. Has anyone had any success with moving a mature specimen like one of those elatas?

I bet that plant in the pic was no more than a five gal. plant when planted in the landscape, they take of fast once they leave the ground, but to answer you question, I have not seen bgger Y. elatas moved.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:52 am

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Great pics Aaron and Jay.
John

Thanks John, I hope to see your faxon yuccas grow into monsters one day.

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