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Dyckia 'Black Gold' - This terrestrial bromeliad has rosettes of spine-margined blackish-purple leaves that are silver on the lower surface. Unlike the other dark foliage Dyckia we grow, which have deeper orange colored flowers, this plant has golden yellow flowers that rise on a thin slightly branched inflorescence that rises 2 feet above the foliage.
Plant in bright light (full sun best along coast) to enhance the dark color. Give good drainage and occasional to very little irrigation.
The name for the genus honors Josef Maria Franz Anton Hubert Ignatz (1773-1861), who was the Prince and Earl of Salm Reifferscheid-Dyck and whose family ruled an area west of Cologne and Dusseldorf, Germany. The name is usually seen as Salm-Dyck. This plant came to us unnamed from Santa Barbara plant collector, landscape contractor and professional animal trainer Jim Prine. Mr Prine purchased many Dyckia hybrids from renowned Dyckia hybridizer Bill Baker of California Gardens Nursery and we believe this plant to be one of his hybrids but unfortunately, we could not confirm this before Baker's untimely passing in 2009. To keep it separate from other Dyckia we grow we named it 'Black Gold' because of its dark foliage and unique flower color.
The information displayed on this page about Dyckia 'Black Gold' is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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