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MONOCARPIC

The subject of monocarpic succulents came up in a discussion of Hesperaloe
and Yucca in the Hardycacti_etc forum several days ago and has been
actively discussed since then. Now the same question has just been asked by
John Gamesby in the Sansevierias-as-a-hobby forum. How original is that?

For the record, here is my reply to Bobby Crabb that appeared in
Hardycacti_etc on October 10.

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HARDYCACTI_ETC Digest 733 Topic No. 1

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:28:58 -0400
From: "Stephen M Jankalski" <CEREOID@prodigy.net>
Subject: What does monocarpic mean?

Dear Bobby,

Yucca, Hesperaloe, Agave, Sansevieria, Sempervivum and Bromeliads are all
examples of plants that are monocarpic in that the individual rosette that
flowers eventually dies. The original rosette produces a terminal floral
stem and it does not produce any more leaves or floral stems from its crown
afterward and eventually dies. That is the meaning of monocarpic.
Monocarpic literally means fruiting only once.

In certain species, the original rosette may persist a few years before
dying and it may offset before dying. In certain highly caespitose and
grassy leafed species, it may rather difficult to discern from which
rosettes the new leaves arise without close inspection.

Cereusly Steve
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