While waiting for a bus in Rio, I used my time to photograph this beautiful plant at a plant store on a square. I have no clue where to search, for a moment I thought maybe an agave, but probably not?

Those tiny flowers remind me of Cissus (?????surely not...) and the colorful bloom is surely Arundina.

?Cordyline pumilio/Dwarf Cabbage Palm?

Looks like a Beaucarnia species

Thank you all! So far Beaucarnia sp. looks the closest.
The flowers of this one look like a match; Beaucarnea recurvata, but the tree-like stem not, could the plant have been a young specimen...
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw...

The stem from which the flower buds sprout look similar to mine too..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I think it is Beaucarnea recurvata, do you agree?

I see we have a lot of entries in our database! The arrangement of the leaves along the stem look to match too!

Fascinating blooms on that one! Learned something new!!

Me too!

Yes, classic Beaucarnea recurvata.

This plant is impressive to me, as though it is from the American desert, it thrives here in over 200 inches per year rain.

Lovely Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata)