Rubbery soft Spinned Dyckias

[Constantino]

Spined plants mayabe a burden to the eldery, pets, children and everybody else. Who of us was not bitten by a xerofitc plant? Cacti, Agaves, Dyckias and so on?
Well Dyckias offer you a choice. Soft rubber like spinned Dyckia species. There is no need to remove the spines of a Dyckia as was done with that hybrid known as Naked Lady. Spination is a high light point on Dyckias beauty. The Hybrid Naked lady turned into a drab graceless plant just ´cause the spines dissapeared and both parent plants are far superior than the Poor Lady.
Some other species will appear as there are many to be found in Brazilian wilderness. Here some already known ones:

Dyckia fosteriana affinis from Marialva Paraná Brazil (of course!)
Its spines are absolutely soft.


Dyckia sp from Rio Grande do Sul:
Its spines are uncapable of hurting a baby´s button skin.


When repotting you do not injure yourself
Dyckia delicata, as its name indicates delicate!



Another still unnamed Dyckia sp with soft rubbery spines:
This one gets into a deep red shade of color and the soft spines are yellowish.
This one rings my Dyckia bells for sure.


This is another soft spinned Dyckia
Imagine you can deal with this beauty as we deal with a true beauty and not a beast...
This offers no danger to the children, pets, eldery and you yourself.


Dyckia pectinata the comb like Dyckia is rare and has soft spines


Dyckias seems an endless source of surprises, most fine ones.
They come in every size and color you imagine, even golden as Dyckia ferruginea has a gold sheen all over.
They go from minute to humungous. They may fit comfortably on a sunny windowsill or take most of a respectable garden a single plant alone.
They love Sun. They are new. New species comes every week.
They are a new choice for the xerofitic landscape.
They may take some cold but if your corner turns into an ice cube in winnter or even before winter they perish.
They are Tropicals, no doubt.
They are not happy under snow or constant deep frosts.
They feel at easy above 15 degrees Celsius.
Remember those Small srub like blue dwarf pines love the cold and in fact need it to prosper.

[Allen Repashy]

Wow, I had no idea that these kinds of Dyckia even existed. I am excited to put them on my "wish list" and hope to one day find specimens like this. I am sure that others here like me who don't know the genus well will be happy to learn about these great plants.

[Bancherd]

Yes....the prominent spines, shiny scales, and overall symmetry really caught my eyes the very first time I saw dyckias.

[Constantino]

...and they carry the taste of the new and exiting things. Also they come in every size possible, every color on the God´s palet and every shade in between colors. With or without spines and also with soft rubbery spines. And better yet: they do not die after blooming! This is fantastic. Have you heard about Encholirium? They are endemic to Brazil and they look exactley as a Dyckia. Southern Bahia ones are strikingly shinning blue. It takes an expert to tell a Encholirium from a Dyckia but nastly they die after blooming.
Look this is another soft spinned Dyckia. This is a half breed Dyckia goehringii, not a true species but a nice option for those who don´t want the plant to perish after all the work nor want pets and children harmed by a monster plant.