Beaucarnea recurvata - Ponytail Palms Flowering

RED blooms??

Yes, for some reason the ones at the San Diego Zoo have red instead of cream flowers. I love them! I've taken many pics of them flowering over the years.

I had to look it up,but I think they are saying the red blooms are female plants.
I left a question with Palmbob about that.

I had no idea this shrub was dioecious. I though it was monoecious. So, this means most of the large ones at the SD Zoo are female.

Darn,50/50 and I got a male. Doesnt matter much since here its bloomed only 2 maybe 3 times since I planted it in 1992. It skipped the last few too.

That's surprising it only bloomed a few times.

There's one around the corner from me that has red flowers right now.