Beschorneria is a genus in the Agavaceae family of approx. 7 species. All species of Beschorneria spread via rhizomes and are said to be polycarpic in the sense that the plant doesn't die after flowering like Agave, but the rosette which has flowered won't grow anymore. It will stay green for some years while the basal suckers will replace it. Often it happens that a new sucker appears almost in the middle of the old rosette to the side of the flower stalk giving the impression it has resumed new growth, but actually it's an axillary bud. The inflorescence carries groups of pendulous tubular flowers under bright green, yellow, red, or purple bracts on a loose raceme.
Beschorneria yuccoides is a plant from Mexico. It produces rosettes of gray green leaves and increases slowly to make a clump. It flowers in early summer producing a tall coral pink stalk with bell-shaped yellow tinted green flowers in yellow bracts. Photo by John Ingram of the leaves.
