May 1, 2009

The Stinking Lady from The Central Brazil Rocks











Dyckia lindelvaldeae

One of the prettiest Dyckias. Has all the attributes a Dream Dyckia may have and a plus....
This is the most scaled Dyckia of all. This one here lost most of the scale to the rain.
It is small and fits anywhere.
It is rare and doesn´t self fertilize. Its seeds are small and tend to be very picky to germinate.
Its flower spike does not goes on rocketing to the skies up above as all Dyckias marniers.
The flower spike is short, slender and the flowers in spite not opening completely are good looking. They are deep, deep yellow almost orange.
...and this lady has a plus..it bears aromatic flowers.
Yes, aromatic but stinking.
Smells as rotten flesh, old cat urine and so on...
That´s why this Lady is a trap (...not a tramp, after all she is a Queen...)
Now look at this one here, one, two, three, four, five and six there are one more flower stalk amid the foliage. I need another Dyckia lindelvaldeae at blooming to produce true seeds...and I am the lucky guy, have three.

1 comment:

  1. Maybe a cross with Dyckia marnier-lapostollei too? Two of the most silver crossed together, what might the second and third generations produce...

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