Dyckia Brazil

Apr 24, 2020

Dyckia reitzii rubra X Dyckia bevifolia = Dyckia hb hieroglyphyca

Sincoraeas are nice companion to Dyckias

Once it belonged to the genus Orthophytum, Sincoraeas are just found in wilderness in Brazil. These are Brazilian beauties no doubt. They are cultivated as Dyckias are and most of the time they are drab-looking plants but huge transformation takes place at blooming time.

This is Sincoraea navioides.

A fine Dyckia companhion Orthophytum vagans variegated form

This is the wandering (vagans) Othophytum.

This is the Roberto Menescal form.

It's very long stems make them wander around hence the scientific name.

A beautiful Dyckia brevifolia hybrid

All the graceful assets of a Dyckia brevifolia and conspicuous golden spines

in a very well-shaped plant.

Two same parents hybrid seedlings growing together

RIGHT - Dyckia pectinata x (Dyckia goehringii x Dyckia fosteriana)

LEFT - (Dyckia goehringii x Dyckia fosteriana) X Dyckia pectinata

Hybrids do have my heart.

Dyckia brevifolia Golden Glow form

A new variegated beauty is coming out

It is too soon to tell but this is a real promise...

New looks are coming out from delicatas.

Xanthic Dyckia delicata seedling

Some Dyckias as Dyckia encholirioides, Dyckia brevifolia can show yellow genes and present a marvelous xanthic form. Dyckia delicatas and Dyckia gastaldiana are showing it too.

Xanthic forms are strikingly beautiful.

These xanthic forms are well showy during Summer months. Strong light triggers the awaking of this gene. This is not an effect induced by the strong light only, plants without this genetics won´t show any golden no matter the ligth they get.

Apr 23, 2020

Dyckia magnifica hb and the golden fountain one, Dyckia gastaldiana.

When color matters

Dyckia gastaldiana the yellow beauty or golden fountain Dyckia, Dyckia delicata hybrid (top right in the above picture), and Dyckia reitzii rubra hybrids to de left.

Dyckia domfelicianensis, in fact a Dyckia hebdingii natural hybrid described as species

Dyckias are good fellows. S show of colors and shapes

Who can resist this? It fills my eyes with life, joy, fest, color, and fine good vibrations...

Dyckia brevifolia Golden flow form is a must presence in any

Dyckia collection.

Dyckia delicata red hybrid and Dyckia gastaldiana (species)


Colors to make you happy...

Dyckia delicatas on the background and Dyckia delicata red hybrid in front.

Red Orthophytum hb and Dyckia gastaldiana, the golden fountain Dyckia.

A splendid dark Dyckia magnifica hb and The conspicuous Dyckia gastaldiana

Dyckia and Dyckia companions, a colorful show...

Dyckia brevifolia loves to clump and they fit nicely when so.

This is the Golden Glow form.

Dyckia gastaldiana, de golden fountain with a red Dyckia dekliata hybrid.

Both are great looking together.

A Dyckia hebdingii form most probably a natural hgybrid.

Here the make the mirror effect.

What about Sincoraeaes, Dickia gastaldiana, and the wonderful green Alcantareae imperialis?

The mirror effect can be breathtaking beautiful, isn´t it?

Dyckia hebdingii type form and Dyckia gastaldiana

These are Dyckia reitzii hybrids. I love hybrids.

Dyckia domfelicianensis (in fact, a natural bebdingii hybrid) and Dyckia gastaldiana.

Dyckia sp, what does this mean? ...and what else?

Dyckia sp is the very same as Dyckia species, in fact short for Dyckia species. It refers to an unnamed Dyckia species.

A Dyckia sp can not be a hybrid Dyckia and never a Dyckia you do not know the name but a nameless Dyckia species. The fact that you do not know the plant it does not mean a nameless one.

A new Dyckia species must be published in order to have its name valid. This obligation doesn´t counted on Iternet publications as The World Wide Web didn´t exist and publication meant : journals, books, magazine, scientific report magazines.

Nowadays nothing is better published than in the WWW.
Publishing means getting public and there is nothing equal nor close to the WWW.

Public means everybody not just a bunch of selected guys.
These are mates, collegues, fellows not public. Here people publish new Plant species on very restricted magazine or very specialized magazines and assume as published. Publishing means everybody who is willing to know of it. Also the world doesn´speaks Portuguese, nor spanish and less than this doesn´t understand old Latim ( Not even those who publishes a new species. They rely on claves and many mistakes are made.) Today publishing means WWW!!! Today it means English!! If a new species is published here in Brazil it must be in Latim as in any other place on the Earth, Portuguese and for God´s sake also in English and entirely not a sinopsis only. Publications with a very restrictec and exclusive public is out of question. Publications with on purposal omitted data is also out of question and not valid. A bunch of readers is not public. A group of readers are collegues never public!!!Public is WWW and your reader may be in Reykjavick or Auckland, Rio or Tokyo and everywhere in between. Portuguese is a lovely sounding language. It makes feel home...but who is going to undertand me in ...in...everywhere else besides people which countries speak Camões´ language? English, English for Gods´sake.
Also there is no sense publising without precise data.
Preservation means showing, educating not hidding an less yet iluding.
What Light is for if it doesn´t Brighten up high above everything? Light is to iluminate or it is not Light and if it isn´t Light it isn´t Science!

Species and Hybrids understand their names

Understand Latim names. Latim names identify species. Usually they have two words. The first one begins with a Capital letter and the second doesn´t. The second identifies the species and the first tell the genus it belongs to.
e.g. Dyckia brevifolia
Dyckia is the genus and brevifolia the species (brevi = short folia = leaf)

e. g. Dyckia MammaMia
Hybrid plant , the second name also begins with a capital letter.

Do you want to know lots about this?
Are you willing to know what is in a Botanical name?
Hit:
http://www.plantapalm.com/wianame,htm