Some more of Dyckia alba

 

Dyckia alba, a rarity from Pedra do Segredo - Caçapava do Sul - RS

The name alba comes from the white dust on the flower stalk and unopened flowers.

Flowers are scented.

 

Dyckia crab, it carries the world on its back. Dyckia pottiorum white

 

Dyckia reitzii rubra from Campo dos Padres-SC

 Raulino Reitz described this plant as producing yellow flowers.

Campo dos Padres is a high plato in Santa Catarina-Brazil. It comprehends parts of Urubici, Bom Retiro, Anitápolis and Alfredo Wagner municipalities. It is a very cold area, during the winter and temperatures may drop to -10 degrees Centigrades.

Dyckias are found amid tall grasses

It is the very first time this plant brought as a seed blooms here in my garden.

Dyckia racemosa

 

Dyckia fosteriana fosteriana Sengés

 

Wow...and it was happy. Dyckia delicata X Dyckia encholirioides

 

Here replanted in a larger ceramic pot

I replant it not vertically. It is a little bit crooked. 

This quite important in order not to gather water amid it leaf axils.

I wonder the happier it is going to be in a roomy pot.

I was happy because the tiny pot was inserted amid big stones so the plant had enough humidity.

The plant is about blooming and some fungi are already there. Ventilation is crucial too to the health of the plant..

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Dyckia rondonopolitana

Small and beautiful Dyckia species from central Brazil area.

 

Dyckia racemosa, very anusual one

 Dyckia racemosa 

It is a very difficult plant to make seeds. It is time to try again.

It occurs in a very small restricted super hot area in nature. The flowers are just a few, big and they do not open wide. This is due to the high temperatures . also it seems this plant is pollinated by bats and during nighttime. All this is an adaptation to the harsh conditions of it environment .

It comes from west in Mato Grosso - Brazil 

Growing together, living together like that old song or that is what Dyckias are for.

 

Dyckia fosteriana Sengés-PR

 This plants present many varieties and each one with its special glow.

Here a very small one and it is stunning beautifully snowed:

 Fresh seeds are avalilable.

 

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Lead or Mercury...it is up to you

Dyckia reitzii rubra X Dyckia delicata = Dyckia hb Lead

Dyckia hb Mercury by Bill Baker

                                              Are you in doubt, don´t botther.I just collected seeds:

  Mercury X Lead

and 

Lead X Mercury

 

Dyckia pampeana, the smallest Dyckia species

We can see a hybrid Aloe sharing the very same shallow dish.
I am trying to control the invasive Pilea microphylla. 
It must be removed one by one before it sets seeds all over.