It is of interest because these palms only bloom once in their entire lifetime and then they perish. This has relevance to us all, because it’s literally a once in a lifetime event, and a beautiful one at that. Imagine spending your entire life storing energy for your one and only act of reproduction, and then dying.

Plants are beautiful systems, and for those of us who pay attention there are is lots of beauty in the way they work.

Very common crops do this, like wheat, corn, barley, and all other cereal crops. The special thing here is much more the huge timespan, and the human connection to those that planted these and never had a hope of seeing their most spectacular moment.