Here is an older specimen growing in Pasadena, California
by palmbob Jul 9, 2003 2:47 AM
This is what a brand new flower spike looks like as it starts to emerge from the plant
by palmbob Jul 21, 2003 10:50 AM
Here is a close up of a new flower- very attractive to bees.
by palmbob Jul 21, 2003 10:52 AM
Multiheaded specimen, Escondido, California
by palmbob Oct 19, 2003 8:51 PM
Flowering plants in San MArcos, California
by palmbob Feb 23, 2004 8:58 AM
Another great plant in the ground in Escondido California (at a nursery)
by palmbob Mar 8, 2004 5:30 PM
here's a 20' tall specimen in Huntington Gardens southern CAlifornia flowering early fall
by palmbob Sep 26, 2004 8:48 AM
close up of leaf bases
by palmbob Jan 14, 2005 9:55 AM
fresh flower still red in late August, southern California
by palmbob Sep 4, 2005 11:36 PM
by RWhiz Oct 29, 2005 11:49 AM
stalk covered in seed in December, southern California (Huntington Gardens)
by palmbob Dec 28, 2005 9:36 PM
view of potted plant's cut leaf bases- becoming a popular landscaping item in outdoor pots because of this ornamental look. Southern California
by palmbob Jun 27, 2006 11:24 PM
Plant with a seed stalk (note red coloration), southern California, Huntington Gardens, October
by palmbob Oct 4, 2006 6:57 PM
scene at Huntington Gardens, southern California in fall showing the flowers sticking up above the vegetation.
by palmbob Oct 4, 2006 7:08 PM
dorsal view of seedling, southern California
by palmbob Nov 26, 2006 9:34 PM
trimmed plant in southern California
by palmbob Dec 29, 2006 6:45 PM
leaf size and shape
by palmbob Jul 6, 2008 8:10 PM
ends of leaves showing typical necrotic tips
by palmbob Jul 6, 2008 8:11 PM
in a private garden, Ventura County, California
by palmbob Jun 15, 2010 8:03 AM
nice red color in very late fall, southern California
by palmbob Dec 1, 2010 10:50 AM
Male Flower end of June in SoCal
by CactusJordi Jul 5, 2011 1:11 PM
Female flowers end of June in SoCal
by CactusJordi Jul 5, 2011 1:13 PM
The Huntington Botanical Gardens
by growin Aug 21, 2011 3:07 PM
University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
by growin Oct 8, 2011 9:00 PM
Monrovia-grown plant in an approx. 5-gallon pot at a nursery in Metairie, LA; Aug. 5, 2012. (D. wheeleri at bottom right corner.)
by Fires_in_motion Jan 27, 2013 9:38 PM
by Kell Jun 20, 2013 1:46 AM
Grigsby's Nursery, southern California- pretty old plants
by palmbob Nov 15, 2013 8:55 PM
An "eighty or ninety year old" 'Mexican Grass Tree' at Aeroview Garden Centre in Thames, NZ
by RosinaBloom Jan 12, 2014 5:42 AM
Dasylirion longissimum, Mexican Grass Tree, Trio Nurser, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
by melody Jul 23, 2014 12:23 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Mar 14, 2016 11:34 AM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Mar 14, 2016 11:35 AM
See San Francisco in far distance? University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley. Copyright of Mark Delapine. Berkeley, California.
by Kell Sep 20, 2019 5:41 PM
Auckland Botanic Gardens, NZ in early September
by RosinaBloom Nov 4, 2019 2:10 PM