Beaucarnea gracilis

Beaucarnea gracilis is an evergreen succulent tree in the Asparagaceae, endemic to the semi-arid Tehuacán Valley of Puebla and northern Oaxaca, Mexico. It has at times been placed in Nolina or Dasylirion, but it is now accepted as a species of Beaucarnea. The base of the trunk is enormously swollen and nearly circular in cross-section, much of it above ground, and is covered in thick, deeply fissured grey to brown corky bark that ages into polygonal plates, like an elephant's foot. From it rise several slender, curving stems that branch sparsely near the top; wild plants can reach 12 m, while garden plants usually stay at 3–5 m. The leaves form open ponytail-like rosettes at the stem tips; they are 30–60 cm long and only 3–7 mm wide, very glaucous blue-green, held stiffly erect, with finely and sharply roughened margins. These upright leaves separate it from Beaucarnea recurvata, whose leaves droop, and from the similar B. stricta, whose leaves are 8–15 mm wide. The species is dioecious. Small wild plants continue to be dug up for ornamental use, and the IUCN Red List category is Endangered. In Japan potted plants and seed are sold online.

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The Beaucarnea gracilis grows to Up to 12 m in the wild, usually 3–5 m in gardens; leaves 30–60 cm long.

Light feeding in the growing season