Dyckia delicata type flower stalk and me

This is an impressive  true type form delicata flower stalk

I never once saw one so  huge.

The branched stalk denounces the plant comes from the Brazilian extreme South.

also they bloom at full in December as the temperatures here in the south are getting higher

just around Xmas time.

 This is Spring here but last night  we had a 15 degrees Centigrade evening and Joinville here is of of the warmest places  in Santa Catarina

My hand here is for you to compare and have a Better notion of size.

This will produce  jewels not seeds...

This is me
Behind us ( the delicata  flower stem and me) we can see some Dyckia encholirioides