One of Bill Baker’s amazing crosses named posthumously by Chris Nguyen, a cultivar of (Arizona x Brittle Star) x Brittle Star. I suppose the name is appropriate, a heavenly looking plant with hellish spines, but I don’t know if that is what Chris had in mind. The plant is very full with many triangular leaves about 5 or 6 inches long, dark blackish brown with large, triangular, slightly curving white spines. A stunning plant in every way. Mature size is about 12 inches across. Full sun brings out blackish coloration, with less sun it will show more white scurf.

A Michael Kiehl hybrid. Long narrow burgundy black leaves with white spines. Light silver scurf on the leaves. Matures at 14-16 inches across. Grows best in bright light or full sun. Dyckias need to be watered weekly during the dry times of the year.

A hybrid from Q-Dyckia. Thick succulent silver grey leaves with a heavy scurf. A tight growing rosette maturing at 12 to 14 inches across.  The leaves are wide, recurving, olive -green, and heavily scurfed with white trichomes and edged with large, retrorse, white spines. A grex mate to Dyckia 'Wasabi'.