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> Its most striking, and at the same time most dramatic, feature is that it is a monocarpic species: It only blooms once, at the end of its life, and then it dies.This moment can occur between 40 and 80 years of age, depending on climatic conditions, soil type, and the amount of sunlight the plant has received over the decades. All of the plant's energy is then concentrated into a single reproductive burst.