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Seed grown yucca elata flowers

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Pics of my seed grown Y. elata with flower stock
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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.
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Cool, Your elata looks great. I got some new pictures last weekend of the elatas
in Oroville Wa. flowering. I'll post them soon.
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Can't wait to see pics of those mosters again. :D
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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... :roll:

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NIce!

Any other Yucca blooming for hybridization?
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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. :wink:
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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!
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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! :o
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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!
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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. :?
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DesertZone wrote:Can't wait to see pics of those mosters again. :D
I always have to stop and see the monster yuccas. :) Here's a pic from last weekend.

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WOW....very cool too see them in flower. 8)
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Great Yucca pics!!!


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

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I think they would look cool trimmed. 8)
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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.
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25 lb or 25 gallon :bootyshake:

Bet that's a beauty!

Next time you visit him, how about a photo?

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Jay-Admin wrote:I think they would look cool trimmed. 8)
They might look like these.
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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?
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lucky1 wrote: Presume that one is suckering?
Or do you think they planted the little ones?
Those are suckers or seedling. :wink:
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Those are suckers or seedling
Thanks Aaron...amazing that a yucca that old will still sucker.

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They might look like these.
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Very Nice! Wish those were in my yard. :)
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Great elata find.........I wish mine looked like that!

Ps Ill get some photos next time at Bills
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I like that one but I prefer the hippy look. :D
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Great pics Aaron and Jay. Glad your yucca seeded Aaron. Jay nice to see the old Y. elata still growing.

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

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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?
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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.
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Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Great pics Aaron and Jay.
John
Thanks John, I hope to see your faxon yuccas grow into monsters one day. :D
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