A safe and easy way to get the very same Dyckia multiplied:
Verfasst: Donnerstag, 16 Oktober 2008, 15:00
Dyckia sp from Cachoeira Dourada-MG Brazil
This plant is or seem to be a Dyckia argentea affinis (affinis= related). I already shown it here but I have something quite interesting to show to you and let you see how fast and prolific a Dyckia can be.
Dyckia reproduces in nature and in cultivation in some several ways, with seed , and throught sprouts are the most common ones. When throught seeds one may never be sure of the genetic material produced unless great care was taken during polination. Sprouts or lateral sprouting is a garanted and reliable method to be sure the offspring has the same genetic material as the parents. We could say cloning.
This species still unknown abroad is a prodigious one. It is the fastest growing Dyckia I´ve seem up to now and the most sprouting one.
Even so it is a splendid plant that enjoys a bit more umidity than those from the Brazilian Cerrado. So, it feels safe here in Santa Catarina where umidity is always at plenty.
I gets much more silvery with the summer sun in fact it is one of the most silvery Dyckia plant of all.
This plant is or seem to be a Dyckia argentea affinis (affinis= related). I already shown it here but I have something quite interesting to show to you and let you see how fast and prolific a Dyckia can be.
Dyckia reproduces in nature and in cultivation in some several ways, with seed , and throught sprouts are the most common ones. When throught seeds one may never be sure of the genetic material produced unless great care was taken during polination. Sprouts or lateral sprouting is a garanted and reliable method to be sure the offspring has the same genetic material as the parents. We could say cloning.
This species still unknown abroad is a prodigious one. It is the fastest growing Dyckia I´ve seem up to now and the most sprouting one.
Even so it is a splendid plant that enjoys a bit more umidity than those from the Brazilian Cerrado. So, it feels safe here in Santa Catarina where umidity is always at plenty.
I gets much more silvery with the summer sun in fact it is one of the most silvery Dyckia plant of all.