This stunning large cross of Dyckia platyphylla x ‘Carlsbad‘ has many spiny arching leaves in a rosette to well over 18 inches. One of the most colorful of Dyckia hybrids, it has reddish/brown leaves in full sun or a deep burgundy color in lower light.

A variegated Dyckia hybrid of unknown parentage, originating in a seed batch by the late David Meade of Texas. A nice narrow leaved Dyckia with glossy, burgundy-chestnut leaves with bold yellow and orange variegation. Fully variegated plants are exceedingly rare.

Yet unnamed, this Sharon Petersen hybrid of Dyckia choristaminea and an unreported other Dyckia as pollen parent is a smaller grower. Compact rosettes of narrow, bronze/red leaves dusted with silvery white scurffing are about six inches across when mature. The leaves, though narrow, are wider than the choristaminea parent, at about a quarter inch.

Dyckia ‘Grey Ops’ – a Bill Baker hybrid with D. marnier-lapostollei in the grex. Heavy silver scurffing on wide leaves makes for an attractive plant. Bright orange flowers are sizable.

This is one of the most sought Dyckia hybrids for its own beauty as well as for a hybrid parent. A leafy, symmetrical rosette of narrowly tapering leaves with prominent marginal spines. Color is bronzy-green becoming dark chestnut brown with a purplish tint and a silvery sheen. The huge marginal spines are starkly silvery white. A choice plant, this is a piece of the original clone.

Dyckia macedoi is a terrestrial bromeliad endemic to the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Prefers to grow in full sun or bright light. Silver grey succulent leaves that have lineations and will grow to a width of 8 inches across. Not common in collections.

A selected clone of a cross of (Dyckia ‘Brittle Star’ f2 x estevesii) x estevesii was a part of Ray Lemieux’s attempt to breed a distichous growing hybrid, like the parent species; estevesii. He got close here as the plants start out with distichous growth but tend to change over to a rosette eventually. A very leafy plant with many stiff, recurving, bronzy to purplish-green leaves with massive, sharp marginal spines. An attractive foliage plant. The inflorescence is a branched scape with small orange flowers.

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This plant came to us years ago as species fosteriana, and although the bloom spike resembles that species, the plant does not. The wide leaves, big spines and deep silver coloration inspired our former terrestrial grower, Ray Lemieux, to name it after an old male gorilla. He said "It's big and bad". A choice plant.

A nice hybrid by Michael Kiehl. A select clone of Dyckia 'Arizona' x 'Heaven and Hell'. Silver green recurving leaves with noticeable hooked spines. Grows to a average of 8 to 10 inches across. Grows best in bright light. Make sure it gets water on a regular basis.

A cultivar of Dyckia marnier-lapostolle var estevesii f2 by Bryan Windham. Medium green with heavy silver gray scurf and a noticeable leaf imprint. The spines a long and curl up. Grows best in bright light but not all day full sun.

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.