Dyckia 'Betty Garrison' PORTEA Tall stems of dark brown

Tall stems of dark brown have many branches and spines in groups of three

This is one of the jewels of the genus

The veneer is broken with spots and bands

The inflorescence is a club shaped or spherical head with small

so getting a good identification has not been possible

Dyckia 'Betty Garrison' PORTEA Tall stems of dark brownA beautiful small growing hybrid of (chloristaminea x marnier lapostolle). The leaves are moderately stiff, silvery over reddish purple with large, soft spines, recurving in smallish rosettes to barely 6 inches across. (The plants in the photos are full grown). A clustering plant that will form a nice specimen in a 4 or 5 inch pot in time.