Dyckia Brazil

Dyckias...These creatures of the Light are mostly Brazilian. Many of them are still to be seen by the very first time. Come on in. Let us see some. This Blog was created to show you the plants in my garden and also help you to keep happier Dyckias. This is the beginning of the book:THE ALLURING DYCKIAS. I may share some seeds with you. This way we help Dyckias to be known, understood and cherished. Email me at: constantinog@terra.com.br Constantino Gastaldi -Brazil ... 55-47-3425-8085

Nov 28, 2015

Hybrid making is quite like finding new species in wilderness...dreams are the same.

Seeds are magical, no doubt.
Some dreams are wrapped in them.

Nov 27, 2015

Dyckia apiunensis, a new found species from Apiúna Santa Catarina, Brazil

Dyckia apiunensis

This plant here is weel too broken as it was recently collected and the place it lives is a steep rock face and extremely hard to be reached by normal mortal as me.

I am planing another visit as soon as the rains cease here.

Notice the spines....they are unique here.

Dyckia hb Alegria (lindelvaldeae X tuberosa)

Nov 26, 2015

Dyckia strhelloa is a natural hybrid: D. Strhreliana X Dyckia selloa

A colorful plant.

Dyckia Brittle Star, a Bill Baker prime work

Seeds are available under request.

Nov 25, 2015

ADDENDUM TO NOV. 2015 DYCKIA SEED LIST

IS NOW AVAILABLE UNDER REQUEST

constantinog@terra.com.br

It is full Spring time in Brazil, time for harvesting

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Dyckia pottiorum

Nov 24, 2015

A hybrid Dyckia seedling

Nov 20, 2015

From up North Rio Grande do Sul uphills (São Marcos-RS), a giant blue ball!

Nov 18, 2015

Dyckia incana a cute rare nana species from close to Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais

Dyckia incana a most recent desciption named it incana which means whitish.

I think this is not whitish but sheer white but... botanics has a mind of its own.

Dyckia hb Naked Lady, Dyckia encholirioides X Dyckia brevifolia

Nov 13, 2015

Dyckia delicata X Dyckia gloriosa, isn´t it beautiful?

Dyckia delicata rubra, a marvel from Brazilian Southern rock fields

Seeds are available under request.

constantinog@terra.com.br

New Dyckia hebdingii form

Dyckia hebdingi,
a new amazingly beautiful form.

Nov 11, 2015

Dyckia goehringii, an extremely beautifull and rare variation

a most beautiful Dyckia goehring variety

Nov 8, 2015

Now it is oficial: Dyckia incana and not nana in spite of nana being

This magic beautiful dwarf species is now officially named Dyckia incana.

Incana is Latim for grizzled or grayish but the plant is deep pure white.

One more botanic jewel, we have plenty of those.

dyckia delicata rubra, the queen of all Dyckias

Seeds are available under request:

constantinog@terra.com.br

It stands cooler climates and bears soft spines.

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