Beaucarnea Recurvata - Ponytail Palm Trunk

That's amazing. !
Great photo.

The trunk reminds me of an elephant foot....I love this palm!

Elephant foot tree is another common name for this tree. It is however, not a palm.

Really? Why do they call it a ponytail palm then?.....LOL

It's just a common name. For example, these are not palms, but have the common name palm: Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamieri), Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta), Persian Palm (Alocasia calidora) and the list goes on...

k...makes sense...

I hope that's not what I'm growing as a house plant!

This plant is commonly sold and grown as a house plant. However, they will never get this large in a pot.

That's a relief!

Gillian,

Usually, in a pot this plant grows very slowly. It can be kept in the same pot for many years.

WOW!!! That is cooool. I know two friends on goY who have them as houseplants... interesting to see them growing as nature intended!

Lori:

They seemed to have moved many of these trees to the
new Elephant Odyssey Exhibit at the San Diego Zoo. There's about 40 planted in this one area. It's other common name is elephant's foot.