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Originally Posted by cycadjungle
So, what is the one on the botom right? Some sort of fosteriana type?
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Yes that is a Dyckia fosteriana. Dyckia fosteriana is not just one species but a
Dyckia Complex with many localties variations. All of them are Paraná Native to here in Southern Brazil. This one is a rubra plant from Center Eastern Paraná. Some of the most stunning fosteriana will come up from the hybridation between these regional variations. Some fosteriana in spite of being rubra they only show it when the Sun is too bright and the plant a bit more than just adult. Some will show it all the time and in every season. I am still to see a fosteriana that is not breathtaking beautiful. These plants clumps and form immense balls of plants giving you the impression they came from Mars. A fosteriana clump may be composed by a thousand heads and be larger than the largest Agave. It may present hundreds of thousnds of shinning bright orange flowers. A single head may have two flower stalks and the plant may bloom three times during springtime.We have just got to know some of the Dyckia potencial as a xeric landscape plant.