nice i can see why you wanted it

Congratulations, Chanin!

It looks very unstable. Probably the yellower one wouldn't survive if it was removed from the greener one, so you got two for one!

(@^_^@) Oh my dear Lisa, please don't put an evil eye on him...LOL

Actually, I don't worry, because it appears some chlorophyll in the yellower one,
like it does in Dyckia 'Yellow Glow' that definitely can survive itself.

In fact, this kind of unstable variegation would be good for hybrid purpose,
if it was used as seed parent, there could be greater chance to get variegated kids.

In fact, I have tried to do a variegated Dyckia by myself.
I did a cross between Dyckia platyphylla as a seed parent
x with Dyckia 'Yellow Glow' as polen parent, at least two of batch
appear to be much paler that I hope the variegation could develop.

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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who grows their seeds crowded! Those guys should come apart pretty easily, though.

Chanin, I'm surprised that you would get any results from using Yellow Glow as a pollen parent, but sometimes things like that happen for reasons I don't yet understand. I will be interested to see how those pale ones turn out.

LOL... :-)) I knew TOO CROWDED Lisa, I still have 25,000 seedlings to work with !!!

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This is also a selected one from a batch of ordinary Dyckia marnier-lapostollei.
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I found some seedling shows variegation, note on a leaf near the middle,
with a yellow band underneath.
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But the variegation doesn't show through upper surface yet.
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Up to date, my beloved 'Dakota' is gonna bloom ! so I can start my new experiment.

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Dakota is in bloom here to and pregnant I hope :)

Hi,
Can you give us an update on Dakota and seedlings?

If I remember correctly what Chanin told me about these seedlings...I think the monsoon rain got the seedlings...maybe some survived

Never mind the variegated plant, what is that superb plant in the bottom right hand corner of the first picture...
Ali

Thanks HDD, yes sadly, all gone with the rain :-(

Sorry that I have not been here for awhile, too busy with my new house
and also have to take care of my mother after her cataract surgery.

Here the 'Dakota' one side of clump has divided into two heads.

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Ali, that's a nice Bill Baker's hybrid, Dyckia 'South Bay'

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That South Bay is a beautiful hybrid! Thanks for posting a close up. Sadly there doesn't seem to be a good source of such plants in the UK, unless anyone can tell me otherwise.
Ali