Dyckia oligospinosa
Don´t panic this is not a valid name. It is a proposal.
Means Few Spined Dyckia.
What would it be?
This plant was found up in the mountains of Northeastern Santa Catarina Uphills.
They were just a very few ones. This one here was loose on the big rock. The plants there were very dark. I never saw a so deep dark colored Dyckia. The down side of the leaves are like old copper patina. The spines are long apart from each other and the flower stem is single with no branches and the flowers are deep yellow, big and well open. This is a very beautiful Dyckia flower. Is it a new species? Maybe.
Maybe it is a natural hybrid ´cause we have Dyckia monticola and Dyckia pseudococcinea not far from there. A pollinator agent may travel far.
A single bee flies 5 km away from its hive, a hummingbird goes even farer.
Fact is: this is going to take two ice ages for we to know what is going on here.
I will show you when this baby is darker and we can follow the process.
The flowers are a sight to behold.
A good Latin name would be Dyckia oligospinosa ( few spines Dyckia).
This is not up to me now. This is a sujestion.
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