Dyckia goehringii young wilderness caught plant. This plant was sent to me in order to help me to obtain true seeds. People believed different plants were needed in order to produce true viable seeds but the true is: D. goehringii can´t produce seeds in temperatures below 26 degrees Centigrades. They are capable of self pollinating and producing true seeds! I do believe most of the Dyckia goehring we see abroad are in fact hybrid produced by Dyckia goehringii and Dyckia beateae. This pairing was made when it as believed the plant could not produce self true seeds. In nature the main pollinator agent is a moth and the flowers gets ready to be pollinated by night. Many other central Brazil Dyckias relay on nocturnal pollinators, avoiding the extreme heat of the day to expose their delicate sexual organs. Many Dyckias do not even open their flowers and just a tiny orifice is opened to allow the moth to probe inside searching for nectar.
May 31, 2011
Dyckia delicata X Dyckia fosteriana-fosteriana
Dyckia delicata X Dyckia fosteriana-fosteriana
This is a young small plant and most of it lays ahead in the future
but we can notice it is already a show. Dyckias just get better with age.
May 30, 2011
Dyckia sp marnier-lapostollei affinis...wilderness collected plant
Dyckia sp marnier-lapostollei affinis
Imposing and gorgeous plant.
I do believe I could better care and this would be even bemore stunning one.
May 29, 2011
Dyckia argentea..or the closest to it we we have....
Dyckia argentea
Serra do Lenheiro - Minas Gerais
Dyckia argentea. Its description is so full of mistakes it is impossible
to even determine the species really exists
This was found in Serra lenheiro, woodman mountain chain in Minas Gerais.
May 28, 2011
Dyckia Big Brazil #2 one of Bill Baker´s rarest hybrids
Dyckia Big Brazil #2
This beauty came from Houma and was sent by my friend David.
He lost his two winters ago and soon I will be able to send some back.
This plant is solely white and extremely coated with coarse scales.
Dyckia Tarzan and Dyckia Son of Tarzan by Bill Baker
Dyckia Tarzan is a luxury in greens and white and
Dyckia Son of Tarzan is a white plant.
D. Son of Tarzan
DyckiaTarzan
Dream in my hand or
Dyckia Tarzan basal sprouts.
Both Adult plants came all the way from Encino-California
and felt so at easy here they both also begin their flower stem
and I will re hybridize both using each other.
What should appear?
Enticing!
Thanks go all to my friend Steve Ball from the Land of milk and honey!
May 27, 2011
Dyckia Podrella Banguella
Dyckia Podrella Banguella
...a small almost toothless Dyckia hybrid made all by myself
This gracious hybrid presents a trunk . This means an old plant here with very small size.
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