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Dyckia maritima

Dyckia maritima
Photo: [https://www.flickr.com/people/43206694@N03 M�rcia Stefani], CC BY 2.0

Dyckia maritima is a spiny, rosette-forming bromeliad from southern Brazil, grown for its sculptural silver-grey foliage. It thrives in full sun, sharp drainage and very little water.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out completely between waterings.
Soil
Gritty, fast-draining mix such as cactus or succulent soil with added sand or grit.
Temperature
10–35 °C; tolerates light frost briefly but protect below about 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Climate
subtropical

About

Dyckia maritima is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. This species is endemic to Brazil. This is an ornamental bromeliad.

Other Dyckia plants

Dyckia milagrensis · Dyckia platyphylla · Dyckia remotiflora · Dyckia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dyckia maritima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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