Apr 22, 2009

Dyckia hybrid




Dyckia marnier-lapostollei X Dyckia platyphylla

Here it was used two Brazilian wide leaved Dyckias.
They are native to different places some thousand kilometer apart from each other.
this plant would never exist without a helping human hand.
Dyckias are easy goers and it is not any difficult to get them together.
As they are from different regions the flower in different times. to get them together and in blooming stage you need a magic wand and one ought to be stimulated to bloom out of season.
The lovers must be isolated from any other intruder or you will never know who is who in the descent generation.



The result from such a crossing may not be an army of equal individuals but an army
of no equal ones. Every seedling may be different from one the other.
Some may result in drab no desired plants, most may be faint not aesthetic plants, many may be beautiful plants, some may be astonishing beautiful ones and one or another may be out of anyone´s mind.... True Dream Dyckia.
Yes just a very few may be that way.
Even that plant may not come out from the first batch or the first crossing.
Do not give up, try again and again.

..and remember a dyckia will never show the last mask until flowering....
Them, with the very first bloom you will get to know the final appearance of your Dream Dyckia.


1 comment:

  1. Are you taking crosses to the second generation, with the 2 best seedlings of the first generation crossed? It can give startling better results for most plants.

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