Stunning dazzling to say the least...

[Constantino]

We barely just begun to get to know Dyckias and the closer we get to them the more open mouthed we get.
They are a new breath on the xeric garden and they bring profuse array of colors and hues, shapes and sizes.
Some are so small they can be cultivated in a sunny windowsill , others are gigantic to fit only in a huge landscape, all of then are perenials plants that do not succumb to the blooming but just keep on living and getting better everyday.

[cycadjungle]

So, what is the one on the botom right? Some sort of fosteriana type?

[Constantino]

Originally Posted by cycadjungle

So, what is the one on the botom right? Some sort of fosteriana type?

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.