Dyckia microcalyx
A spiny terrestrial bromeliad from the Paraná and Paraguay river basins of Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina and southern Brazil, with two varieties. Like most Dyckia it wants full sun, heat, a fast-draining mineral mix and generous summer water, with a cooler, drier winter.
Where it grows wild
A rosette bromeliad of sunny rock outcrops, rocky riverbanks and open grassland or forest edges at low elevations. Specific microhabitat notes are scarce, so this follows the genus. Several records are near the Iguazu and Paraná rivers, where Dyckia commonly grow on exposed rock.
Recorded 126–600 m, median 500 m (13 records).
🔒 Growing it like that
The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:
Grow Dyckia microcalyx? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.
More Dyckia
Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC0 licence, unmodified.