See the tubular almosr red orange flowers. This format and shape maybe this is a way to deal fith strong winds on a vertical high rocky wall.
Jul 28, 2024
Dyckia fosteriana green form from Jaguariaíva-Paraná Brazil
See the tubular almosr red orange flowers. This format and shape maybe this is a way to deal fith strong winds on a vertical high rocky wall.
Jul 26, 2024
Dyckia magnifica
Dyckia magnifica
First, some pictures, comments will follow on Sunday JULY 28TH
Dyckia magnifica is a medium sized one and has many many leaves and teeth to mention. Crowns are very good looking and attractive to our eyes.
Jul 25, 2024
Hello Dearest, I am am happy to be back, to show and tell about Dyckias and their fellows.
Next post will show Dyckia magnifica a recent formally introduced to the word of Dyckias by Dr. Henrique M. Brüneker who maintained the name I suggested decades ago.
Also I shall thank Mr. Sidiney Rodrigues who helped me to get this Blog on its track again.
Constantino Gastaldi Joinville-SC Brazil
Jul 24, 2024
Deut...ups! Dyckia brevifolia var. subidensis
Jul 23, 2024
Encholirium magalhaesei
...they are so close related they interbreed easily.
Recently amid a few Brazilian botanists there was a tentative of uniting all those plants into genus Dyckia. It did not work!
Jul 22, 2024
Dyckia delicata and Dyckia pseudodelicata, let us dare to compare
Above a Dyckia pseudodelicata
Below a Dyckia delicata
It requires an expert to tell them apart.Just looking at them both you won´t tell them apart.
Jul 21, 2024
A NOVELTY: DYCKIA PSEUDODELICATA, FALSE DYCKIA DELICATA
(Dr. Henrique Bünecker)
Dyckia sulcata white
Jul 20, 2024
Dyckia delicata
Jul 18, 2024
Dyckia sulcata
Bellow you can see some of the characteristic details that make this species well noticeable:
- The tips of the leaves. The two bare marginal lines are united to a third one, the flat lower surface of the leaf turns into a line to form a triedric final and unique super hard spine.
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The Dyckia lines are also noticeable on the upper surface of the leaf.
This is impressive and rare and turns the plant very rigid and sturdy