Dyckia Perau da Cabrita
still a nameless species
This is a native species, a Santa Catarina one.
Santa Catarina is the home of some of the most striking
Dyckias species. This one is one of the most beautiful Brazilian Dyckias.
It was discovered thanks to the efforts of an Energy Dam Construction Company.
Otherwise this plant would take some decades to be seen by botanists.
Dyckias are hard to find. One ought to climb mountains in the middle of nowhere. An entrepreneur may face vibes, scorpions, spiders, yellow fever and many others perils even other human beings. Botanists rely mostly on bushmen to do the hard and dirty work and it may take ages before something like this comes to Light.
This energy Company made a very comprehensive fauna and flora survey of the flooded area.
The Company invested on this and found some very, very interesting novelties as this one here.
This beauty rested on the heights of a cliff facing The mighty Canoas River. With the up leveled waters the plant turned to be at a hand reachable distance. Before the flooding it was really impossible to reach the plants. there were fast running white waters and nobody could go up from down below. From up above not even a chopper could reach the plants.
I hope this beaut to bloom next spring, for now it is dividing heads.
There are two more varieties of this species, one totally silver and a green one.
I Expect to have all of them when this plant seeds germinate.
A Native Gorgeous Dream Dyckia!
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