Here is a couple more rostrata almost in bloom, one very much like the pic from Tim. The one to the left of the tall one could be rigda
They also had some Y. thompsoniana on the far right, but may not be in this pic.

Hi Aaron,

great photos. You got me thinking............perhaps Y. rostrata is an intermediate form between Y. rigida and Y. thompsoniana? I always see rigida having blooms starting within the leaves or just beyond and Y thompsoniana with a nice tall bloom stem prior to the flowers. Y. rostrata seems intermediate between the two.

I have a DNA study from Clary.....I wonder if Y. rigida is in that study........I'll have to pull that book out! I remember Y. brevifolia being closely related to Y. rostrata in the DNA study.

I remember Y. brevifolia being closely related to Y. rostrata in the DNA study

That's exciting, Tim.

Aaron, eye candy. Are those in Vegas?
And look at that Saguaro! 😀 😀

Barb

Hi Aaron,

great photos. You got me thinking............perhaps Y. rostrata is an intermediate form between Y. rigida and Y. thompsoniana? I always see rigida having blooms starting within the leaves or just beyond and Y thompsoniana with a nice tall bloom stem prior to the flowers. Y. rostrata seems intermediate between the two.

I have a DNA study from Clary.....I wonder if Y. rigida is in that study........I'll have to pull that book out! I remember Y. brevifolia being closely related to Y. rostrata in the DNA study.

I bet you are right, I think all three were known as forms of rostrata.

It would be neat if a person could cross breed a brevifolia with a rostrata. 😀

Aaron, eye candy. Are those in Vegas?
And look at that Saguaro! 😀 😀

Barb

No they are just up the road from my property in AZ. 😀

just up the road from my property in AZ

Heaven!

Are you heading down there again for a winter vacation? 😀
Still looking at some of those other properties?
remember last year's picture? whether we'd buy it? that was fun!

Barb

just up the road from my property in AZ

Heaven!

Are you heading down there again for a winter vacation? 😀
Still looking at some of those other properties?
remember last year's picture? whether we'd buy it? that was fun!

Barb

Not this winter, but late spring early summer. 🙂 I think July/Aug is the best time for me to be there, because it is the rainy season and all the plants have flowers and there is many, many animals out.
Winter is nice down there, but but all the desert plants are dormant. 😐

Every where I go I'm looking at properties. I can't help myself. I like properties that are cheap, but with a little work could be made into something. 😉
I remember. 😆

Winter is nice down there, but but all the desert plants are dormant

But all the desert plants' seeds haven't scattered yet... 😀

Every where I go I'm looking at properties.

I do that too...in my mind I'm always moving somewhere 😆 😆

Barb

The guy from the Ukrainian forum is wondering what kind of yucca is this beautiful blue colour specimen:

Thanks in advance for anyone's suggestions.

Hi there Igor!
That is probably a Yucca pallida.

At first I was tempted to say Yucca rigida, but its edges have some filaments. The filaments should make it pallida.
If it were that colour and had a more thompsoniana-like edge serration it would be rigida (which often can show a pale yellowing on those serrations).

I say pallida.

Have a great day!

Adam, thanks for your guessing... This is what I thought first once I was seeing the roots and the coloration. But the guy says it forms the trunk. How come it's possible if the pallida. Perhaps "the trunk story" is just a seller's trick - everyone dreams about a tree yucca plant. 😆 😆 😆

WOW, I like the blue color, but I don't know what kind of yucca it is for sure? I could not say it is a pallida, because it has filiferas on the leaf edge and pallida don't. Very cool thanks for sharing. 😀

Nice Yucca........it's hard to ID just by photos................my first guess would be a Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia form. Do they a photo of the 'mother' plant? There are so many forms of Y. gloriosa/recurvifolia it's incredible.

I have a narrow leaf Y. gloriosa too......it's not the same but close.......mine does not have filaments on the leaf margin.

http://youtu.be/JsBsure5T70

Tim & Aaron, thank you very much for your comments! Since the guy insists on 2-3 m trunk which a mature plant has, it most likely gloriosa/recurvifolia complex form. I ask for a mature plant pic. Lets see if it will be possible to get it.

Guys, I've got a clue regarding this yucca. Many years ago (1940-1960) a director of the botanical garden in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Dr. Rusanov, has been making hybridization of many species of yucca. Most of his hybrids have been lost but some of them are still could be found in Crimea (Nikitskiy botanical garden) or the Kuban region (Sochi and etc). This particular plant might be an offset of the mother plant from the Crimean botanical garden....