Dyckia brevifolia cv. Yellow Glow Photo by: © Plantemania
Origin and Habitat: Garden origin.
Synonyms:
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Description: Dyckia brevifolia 'Yellow Glow', often mistakenly mislabeled as 'Moon Glow' or 'Golden Glow', is a handsome, clustering little cultivars that marks the passing of time with new short stiff leaves in the rosette centres that are yellow, more precisely the lower half or so of new leaves is a canary yellow colour, tips and outers far more green. As the foliage ages it slowly changes to solid dark green. It forms large clusters of 10(-15) cm plants in a relatively short time and are very dramatic when they glow.
Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Dyckia brevifolia 'Moon Glow'. Yucca Do Nursery Web: https://www.yuccado.com/dyckia-brevifolia-moon-glow.html
2) Dyckia brevifolia ‘Moon Glow’ Tropiflora Nursery Web: https://www.tropiflora.com/product/dyckia-brevifolia-moon-glow/
Cultivation and Propagation: Dyckia 'Yellow Glow' is easy to grow, but challenging to turn yellow. Light and maturity are factors in coloring, but all plants color in time.
Soil: Mixed with organic material. Dyckias need lots of room since they are terrestrials. You need to keep up with the potting.
Exposition: Full sun on this Dyckia.
Watering: This plant can communicate with its owner indicating when it's time to step up watering and fertilizer by the fact that it starts turning solid green. Yellow Glow' especially does not like to be stressed which means being in the right size pot and not allowed to dry out and stay dry. Easing the stress may only mean more frequent watering.
Fertilization: Feed once and then let the Dyckia grow. Sometimes as the fertilizer wears away, it seems to trigger that yellow flush.
Propagation: Split up larger clumps and pot them. If you want to grow them in large clumps would step up them to larger pots.
