[quote=Allen Repashy;34]I have seen a few variegated Beaucarnea 'Gold Star' specimens, and am have the understanding that this plant is from tissue.... I have noticed that this plant doesn't seem to form a caudex to speak of. Is it possible that this is a different species of Beaucarnea? it just doesn't look like recurvata to me in a lot of ways..... I guess it is possible that the variegated specimen happened to be one of the recurvata that doesn't form a good caudex, but there seems to be more to it.... Any opinions out there?
I was under the assumption (someone told me once and I believed them) that tissue grown Beaucarneas and Beaucarneas from cuttings didn't 'bottle' as well as seed grown plants. But talking to Loren Whitelock recently sort of changed my mind. He said that was not true and that these variegated ones will eventually 'bottle' or swell at the base. Still unsure what the true story is, I do have one that is about 5' tall now and it does have a swollen base... though fairly unimpressively swollen if you ask me... still, it is gradually getting wider. Ask me again in 10 years.
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