Humm...close your mouth otherwise you are gonna dehydrate yourself.
I know, it is fantastic!
But........( always a but)
How tall are you?
This lady is taller!
Huge would fit well here.
But we have good news too...
This baby resist temperatures way down freezing.
But ( always one) don´t go on planting this one outdoors in Berlin nor in Moscow.
Remember cold and darkness kill any Dyckia.
Cold and blue skies are good for this one but forget Artic temperatures.
Ah, just for a few hours, baby,few hours! (maybe six!!) This baby here is used to snow. but forget the igloo.
Leave the polar bear out up there.
..and remember: to resist is one thing and to feel good is another quite different thing.
Don´t despair nor panic.
Think about pines ...
( I love those dwarf compact blue looking soft ones! Here they dry out even on pictures.)
Peonies..tulips... but if you have a well heated Crystal Palace ...
That´s for you, no doubt.
I have a well-heated shack just outside of Bangkok, I guess that I'd need to use a ladder to kiss her. :~)
ReplyDeleteI am just a beginner, but does this looks similar to D. beateae ? Or D. beateae is darker in the center?
Dyckia beatea is smaller and has reds and yellows on the leaves. Beatea comes from Mato Grosso and Vila Cristina from Rio Grande do Sul, some thousands kilometers apart from each other.
ReplyDeleteTanks for comment. Both are very beautiful plants and Vila is extremely rare. It make D. Beateae, a rare species by itself, to seem as commom as white chicken.
There is no need heating in Bankoc. Vila is used to snow in its habitat Yes it snows here! But forget polar temps. Forget the swow rackets and the saw for the ice. Bring a heavy coat!
Black spines below and white above? Perhaps cross to make a very dark upper leaf and white leaf backs. Or perhaps bright yellow green above with those spines black. If planted on its side this one might make it in Oregon, USA, outside in winter.
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