...a big Dyckia lindelvaldeae clump.
May 7, 2010
Dyckia splendens from Campos Novos-SC Brazil
New!
Big and beautiful!
Species!
Takes cold down to a bit below freezing..but not for days...
...just a few hours at a time.
Big and beautiful!
Species!
Takes cold down to a bit below freezing..but not for days...
...just a few hours at a time.
Dyckia racemosa
Anothe thick endumented plant. Rare and beautiful this species lives under full Sun on rocks and a very thin layer of organic substrate.
Native to Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Dyckia pectinata.
This species will be rare for a little longer yet.
The species plants do not sprouts,do not clone themselves and the only means to duplicate are head divisions which are also rare and by seedlings. The plant is not self fertile and you need another same species plant to get true seeds.
Tissue culturing is the option as the plant is extremely rare also in nature.
Dyckia companion...Ortophytuns are fine Dyckia companions
Endemic to Brazil, and just one certain part of Brazil, Orthophytuns are spectacular plants.
O. vagans variegated
May 6, 2010
Dyckia marnier-lapostollei X Dyckia brevifolia hybrid
Some hybrids are so prolific they make you run out of pots for them while
they run out of their pot.
A nameless Brazilian hybrid Dyckia:
Dyckia fosteriana X Dyckia marnier-lapostollei
Some times this beautiful plant gets all red and silver and turn itnto a spectacular view.
The red is not stable and the plant when well fed and well kept is green burgundish.
All Dyckia fosteriana hybrid when not produced from a Dyckia fosteriana rubra form
tend to loose the redness presented only under stress.
Dyckia species from Campo Alegre Region
This beautiful small Dyckia species can be found in green, olive, red and this beuatiful and uncommon shade of color.
Dyckia species from Campo Alegre region
This is species!
Dwarf and old adult collected plants.
Fits in one hand only. Blooms in dark orange flowers.
Dyckia speciosa, a marvel from Notheastern Santa Catarina Uphills
Dyckia speciosa
The contrasting colors, silver and red wine are strikning in this beautiful Dyckia species.
Easely mistaking with Dyckia gloriosa is a larger plant with marrower ribbon like leaves and much fewer teeth.
May 5, 2010
Dyckia delicata cyanophylla
Dyckia delicata cyanophylla is a larger plant than the Dyckia delicata type form
and also its leaves are broader than those of the type form plant.
Dyckia fosteriana a real Beauty.
Dyckia fosteriana
...a real Regal Beauty...
Dyckia fosteriana make part of a large Dyckia Complex.
Some of them are really striking plants.
...a real Regal Beauty...
Dyckia fosteriana make part of a large Dyckia Complex.
Some of them are really striking plants.
Dyckia brevifolia type form
Dyckia brevifolia plants are reofitic and loves some more umidity and its roots system should never get too dry.
Dyckia brevifolia fron Subida. Apiúna - Santa Catarina
Dyckia brevifolia collected in Subida.
This variety is just now being recognized.
Its flowers are light orange instead of yellow and its leaf upper face show some very lighrt silver coating.
Dyckia brevifolia
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