May 21, 2013

May 20, 2013

Dyckia marnier-lapostollei ?



I´ve got this as Dyckia marnier lapostollei but I have some consideration here.
The plant is said to have been found by Bill Baker or  taken to California from Brazil by him.
Dyckia marnier -lapostollei is found in may places in Central Brazil.
Many regional variations are found and known but all of them are at least four times larger than this plant is.
All Dyckia marnier-lapostllei are in fact imposing plants and not small ones.

This is an extremely beautiful plant and it well may be something else but marnier-lapostollei.



This plant  is a traveller.
It went from the heart of our Brazilian central highland to USA and from there it went to Southeast Asia and Japan before reaching Europe and getting back to where it belongs.

It made a fantastic journey around the globe, a globetrotter.

We´ve all only just begun to know Dyckias! 



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Dyckia encholirioides...fit for the braves.



 ...for this is a big one!
 
 





Dyckia hb Bill Paylen

It reminds of Diamonds, they are forever as Dyckias are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ItROSewzBs


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A Blue Bee! Here bees can be blue!

 
 

Dyckia estevesii blooms

 
 




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May 19, 2013

Dyckia magnifica



This beauty from Southwest in Santa Catarina fathered Dyckia hb Liz Taylor.

 
 

Dyckia gloriosa

 
 
 


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May 18, 2013

May 17, 2013

Dyckia sp hebdingii affinis! What a jewel!



Nothing rarer....and collected!
 


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Dyckia marnier-lapstollei
is widespread in central Goiás, many regional differences can be seen.
This is a spectacular one.

 






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Dyckia edwardii X Dyckia delicata



Flowers are the same as those of the delicata but instead of being yellow they are orange.

 
 


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Dyckia encholirioides var. spinosissima

 
 
 






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May 15, 2013

Dyckia delicata






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New Dyckia species from Mato Grosso do Sul

 
 
 



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A new beauty is born, a new hybrid Dyckia.



Dyckia delicata X Dyckia sp from Campo Alegre- SC .
This is a multi leaved plant. this it inherited from it mother delicata 
and the rose hooks is a blend...
Reminds me of our Escola de Samba Mangueira as its colors are the green and the rose

Samba!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNeMJxLlAWI

 

May 13, 2013

Dyckia hb Brittle Star F1



One of the darkest Dyckias I know and  most spectacular.
A gift from a friend  up there in Texas where everything is bigger and better.

 
 


Look bellow who is emerging from the dark....
 
 



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