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White Dyckia

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Dyckia marnier-lapostollei (White Dyckia)

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Family : BromeliaceaeSubfamily : PitcairnioideaeGenus : Dyckia

The specific epithet " marnier - lapostollei(pronounced MAR - nee - air lah - Post Office - STOL - ee - eye ) " honour Julien Marnier - Lapostolle ( 1902 - 1976 ) , who owned theJardin botanique " Les Cèdres"where the first specimen of the specie was bonk to blossom in 1960 .

Dyckia marnier - lapostolleiis aboriginal toBrazil . It occurs in Goiás , grow in John Rock cleft at elevations between 3,940 and 4,100 foot ( 1,200 and 1,250 m ) .

Dyckia marnier-lapostollei (White Dyckia)

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Dyckia marnier - lapostolleiis a slow - growing plant that forms a stemless , spreading , commonly solitary little potato of gray - cat valium , triangular leaves breed in silvery - white , scale - like hairs . The little potato can maturate up to 10 inches ( 25 atomic number 96 ) in diam , while the leaves can reach a distance of 8 inches ( 12 cm ) . The leaf distort and curl as they recurve downward and have large claw - same recurved vertebral column along the border .

ripe flora can beam a stiletto heel with tubelike , orange - jaundiced efflorescence scattered near the tip in the summer . The flower spike can raise up to 3 feet ( 90 centimetre ) tall .

USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .

Dyckia marnier-lapostollei (White Dyckia)

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Dyckias are not technically succulents ; they do not stack away water in their leaves like truesucculents . Instead , they are xerographic and last long periods without water by go torpid . Their rosette of fatheaded , succulent foliage will eventually droop , but recovery is rapid when watering is take up .

Most plants live on in ardent regions with overweight rainfall for half the year and very dry conditions the rest of the time . This makesDyckiacare slightly thought-provoking , as get the right moisture balance to keep the plant happy may be hard . The growing conditions in their born stage setting should be mimicked as much as possible .

In their native region , it is common to witness some form growing on top of rock music near the water . Water and the hertz of the monsoon season are authoritative feature ofDyckia ’s wellness . They are used to rather poor soil when they grow in - ground and should be planted in agood , succulent mixture .

Dyckia marnier-lapostollei (White Dyckia)

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