CULTIVAR
×Dyctia ‘Starlight’
DataDATA
| Category | Hybrid (Cultivar) |
|---|---|
| Breeder | Q Dyckia |
| Parentage | Hechtia glauca × Dyckia ‘Arizona’ |
| Record tag | #tgn_dyctia_starlight |
Reading the FormulaFORMULA DECODED
The parentage in the data table — Hechtia glauca × Dyckia ‘Arizona’.
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STEP 1 — THE CROSS
Hechtia glauca × Dyckia ‘Arizona’
→ bred by Q Dyckia; their cross is ×Dyctia ‘Starlight’, the plant on this page.
About the parents
- Hechtia glauca — a species of the genus Hechtia — the parent from outside Dyckia in this intergeneric cross, which is what the × before Dyctia in ‘Starlight’ marks. No further record of it has been verified by us.
- Dyckia ‘Arizona’ — a named cultivar.
ProfilePROFILE
Broad leaves overlap radially, the centre closing into a small, tight spiral. Grey-green leaves carry a thick coat of white trichomes, giving the whole plant a silvery cast. The margins are finely and deeply wavy, densely lined with white teeth. Bred by Q Dyckia, with the parentage recorded as Hechtia glauca × Dyckia ‘Arizona’.
NotesNOTES
×Dyctia ‘Starlight’ is a hybrid. We record it in 2 Instagram posts, from 2024-11-12 to 2025-02-23. Record tag(s): #tgn_dyctia_starlight.