Wow! I do agree with Baja that the trunk of this plant doesn't resemble that of a Beaucarne recurvata.
Here's what the plant looks like down there:

Good you lifted it a bit Hunter. I do agree now not a Beaucarnea. But I would still treat it like a succulent, looking at those thick roots and fat onion-like bulb base. Expose the neck above media level and plant the rest below, seems more like a bulb-like succulent.

My Albuca Augrabie Hills has similar looks, though not onion shaped base. It is planted with just the neck part showing and grows those strappy leaves. My real adjustment here is knowing when it is somewhat dormant. In my area it begins to be actively growing again during our cool season, in late Fall, when our cool temps and better humidity levels return.

You have better humidity levels than my area, so your plant may not have to undergo dormancy like mine.

plantladylin said:I've never seen one in bloom.

It was a pretty good surprise. The flowers themselves are not so spectacular but the inflorescence is as tall as the plant, and it portends good things: branching in the near future. Feast your eyes on these flowers if you haven't seen the pic already...



You will read that these plants do not flower in containers or at a small size. (Similar things are said about another member of the family, the dragon tree, which also makes terminal flowers.) But they are not strictly true in either case. Once you have seen a few big old plants, you learn to spot where they flowered early in life, based on the lowest branches. It varies.

Anyway, you can tell my flowering plant is not getting a whole lot of space or attention based on the crack in the pot (just visible bottom left in the picture) where it has opened up the container for more space.

Fabulous things happening & fun info, Baja! There are no pics of smaller, potted PT's blooming in the DB. I hope you will change that, and add maybe add some close-ups of the blooms.

Are you able to tell yet if yours is male or female?

Not yet. Soon hopefully. I'll try to get a proper focused closeup shot when they open. The magic is just about to unfold.

Mystery solved!

The bulbous plant is an Albuca humilis. Its flowers smell awesome and strong from what I've heard. According to Wikipedia, some say that they smell like marzipan.

The Kalanchoe is probably a houghtonii (or something very similar -- if I am wrong, please let me know). I believed it was a daigremontiana for a while, but online sources show comparison photos that highlight a difference between the shape of their leaves. Unlike the houghtonii, the daigremontiana has leaves that are more U-shaped or curved at the end where it meets the stem. Again, let me know if it's something else.

Glad to hear you figured out what you have! As for the Beaucarnea flowers here, there was not much left to see after I went away for a week and it rained hard two times.

It's a girl!

Baja, those are Database worthy photos!

So cool, my eyes are freezing from seeing it!

I'm all excited!!! I've never seen one bloom! Not even in photos. This is COOL!!!
Congrats Baja!