Flies on my Dasylirion...

So much pollen on the flower spike they just can resist it.

 

Fantastic shots BananaMan.You could make a living taking pics.

 

Cheers elainefiz, it always helps when they smile :D

 

Thats a really interesting flower BM, can we see a long shot of the whole spike.
That close up it almost looks like a willow flower.

 

Yes BM. And when you've finished with the flies please send them to me and I'll feed the sarracenias.

 

:D I will have to go take one pete, I couldn't get a good photo of it as the light isn't right. Gets lost in everything else and I can't get back far enough to get it all in. I will have another go

 

Here you go pete, I had to bend it in to the rose arch to get a reasonable shot.

 

Thats a strange one BM,it looks as if the whole flower is male.
Do male and female flowers form on different plants, do you know?
Thing is, will the rosette now die?

 

I don't think they die after flowering but they do take time to recover in terms of form ?

So much pollen I got covered moving it about.

I saw a programme where they used the dried stems for making fires. The wood is ideal for spinning on itself to produce embers. Popular with Indians apparently.

This is someone elses whose flowered recently, a bit bigger than mine.

 

Yeah, I think my seedlings have a long way to go. :D