Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Any ideas???, 1 by plantattraction

plantattraction wrote:
ok I feel silly here but can anyone tell me what this is....my first thought was that is was a Dyckia but these can get huge, I measured 4 feet across and I was not aware they could get that big....I did see a few with old flower spikes that were about 1.5 tall and they had little orange fruit on them by the time I got to them.....the fruit smelled just like orange/grapefruit mix too, with black seeds inside. The leaves to this plant are very long, rather thin and flexible, & very thorny. The babies I will show in the next picture.....