Mar 29, 2009

Dyckia reitzii



Dyckia Reitzii

This is not a small Dyckia. Got the name honoring The Catholic Father
and brilliant botanist Raulino Reitz.This is also a Santa Catarina native Dyckia.
Thrives on high rocky mountains.
This plant is known as the snow Dyckia ´cause it grows where snowing is possible.
This is quite weird for a Tropical country but Brazil has a cold Southern part and here the snow occurs on higher parts.
A red form may be found and totally silver Dyckia reitzii is reported to exist, also a oddly striped variation thrives on a very secluded place.



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