Dyckia Brazil: June 2014

Jun 30, 2014

Dyckia hebdingii, some of its real looks.

Dyckia hebdingii

Dyckia hebdingii golden glow form.
Have you ever heard of it?

..and this one here?
Dyckias have more to show us than what we were told they have.

Jun 29, 2014

Dyckia argentea is not a valid name

Dyckia argentea was describes as being a Mexican plant.

It is obvious it is not. Argentea is found in Minas Gerais.

This is the closest to Dyckia argentaea one can get.

...and guess what?

Seeds from this very same plant is now available under request.

Jun 25, 2014

Dyckia Bleeding Heart

Dyckia Bleeding Heart is a small hybrid that derives from a plant found in

wilderness close to Campo Alegre in Santa Catarina.

Jun 22, 2014

Dyckia Brittle star and Dyckia delicata-delicata living together, growing together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLvhvRjBbs

Dyckia nana, yes species, a dwarf one.

It does fit any sunny windowsill.

Dyckia hebdingii arco-íris (rainbow)

Jun 21, 2014

Dyckia delicata-delicata

Two regional Dyckia delicata varieties got together to make this beauty.

Dyckia pottiorum, some of its looks.

Pottiorum presents some notable variations, reds, green , yellow green, white, shinning white ...

This is an extremely rare and beautiful plant. Species and a novelty.

None has bloomed under cultivation yet but we shall see it the following spring. here we can notice clear flower stalks are emerging.

Leaves are very thick and hard.

My left hand fingers to compare sizes here down.

Jun 19, 2014

A deep dark beauty. Also a Brittle Star legacy.

This is the darkest hybrid Dyckia I know up to now.

It derives from Brittle Star.

A gift from a friend way up int Texas.....

Name?
What about Dyckia Texas Midnight?

Dyckia Brittle Star by Bill Baker, the Hybrid Dyckias magician best and most known work of art

Dyckia Brittle Star

All its self and not self pollinated seeds leads to beautiful plants.

Those we can say Baker´s legacy.

Jun 18, 2014

All the way from Japan. A gift! 私は非常に幸せで光栄です

This means happiness, friendship.

I am so happy.

これまでのところ、心に触れる、臨時のものである。
この贈り物は私の心に触れた

Kutani porcelain is famous and desiredfor its grace and beauty.

Now in Brazil we are having the World Football Cup.
The Japanese people that came to watch the games are the most polite and educated ones.

They clean the stadium when the play is over. What a lesson!
A toast to Japan!
A toast to my friend in Japan: Matsuda.

Thank you!

I am so honored.

おかげで、私は興奮して満足している

These drawings represent the Japanese crane, a symbol of good luck, peace and happiness.

It is a honor to have this.

Jun 13, 2014

Dyckia reitzii and its many many amy leaves

Dyckia reitzii rubra one from SC/RS border

One of the most spectacular Dyckias of all.

A living ball.

Self pollinated and true seeds are available under request at:

constantinog@terra.com.br

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Jun 12, 2014

Dyckia Milky Way, today

Dyckia sp, what does this mean? ...and what else?

Dyckia sp is the very same as Dyckia species, in fact short for Dyckia species. It refers to an unnamed Dyckia species.

A Dyckia sp can not be a hybrid Dyckia and never a Dyckia you do not know the name but a nameless Dyckia species. The fact that you do not know the plant it does not mean a nameless one.

A new Dyckia species must be published in order to have its name valid. This obligation doesn´t counted on Iternet publications as The World Wide Web didn´t exist and publication meant : journals, books, magazine, scientific report magazines.

Nowadays nothing is better published than in the WWW.
Publishing means getting public and there is nothing equal nor close to the WWW.

Public means everybody not just a bunch of selected guys.
These are mates, collegues, fellows not public. Here people publish new Plant species on very restricted magazine or very specialized magazines and assume as published. Publishing means everybody who is willing to know of it. Also the world doesn´speaks Portuguese, nor spanish and less than this doesn´t understand old Latim ( Not even those who publishes a new species. They rely on claves and many mistakes are made.) Today publishing means WWW!!! Today it means English!! If a new species is published here in Brazil it must be in Latim as in any other place on the Earth, Portuguese and for God´s sake also in English and entirely not a sinopsis only. Publications with a very restrictec and exclusive public is out of question. Publications with on purposal omitted data is also out of question and not valid. A bunch of readers is not public. A group of readers are collegues never public!!!Public is WWW and your reader may be in Reykjavick or Auckland, Rio or Tokyo and everywhere in between. Portuguese is a lovely sounding language. It makes feel home...but who is going to undertand me in ...in...everywhere else besides people which countries speak Camões´ language? English, English for Gods´sake.
Also there is no sense publising without precise data.
Preservation means showing, educating not hidding an less yet iluding.
What Light is for if it doesn´t Brighten up high above everything? Light is to iluminate or it is not Light and if it isn´t Light it isn´t Science!

Species and Hybrids understand their names

Understand Latim names. Latim names identify species. Usually they have two words. The first one begins with a Capital letter and the second doesn´t. The second identifies the species and the first tell the genus it belongs to.
e.g. Dyckia brevifolia
Dyckia is the genus and brevifolia the species (brevi = short folia = leaf)

e. g. Dyckia MammaMia
Hybrid plant , the second name also begins with a capital letter.

Do you want to know lots about this?
Are you willing to know what is in a Botanical name?
Hit:
http://www.plantapalm.com/wianame,htm