A Q-Dyckia hybrid. Large growing plant with silver purple leaves. Light scurfing with large hooked spines. Grows best in bright light. Mature size is 10 to 12 inches across.

A choice hybrid by Bill Baker who was famed for his prowess in hybridizing Dyckias, the likes of many have been unequaled. This plant has broad leaves tapering to a point, curving slightly downward in a graceful rosette to about 10 inches across. The color is very dark green, almost blackish in strong light with bold-white triangular spines set one against the next along the leaf margins.