She's a beauty, and what a tall spike!

At least with this one if you get any seed set you'll know for sure it was a cross!

S. I acquired H.Rosea last Spring,and am surprised at how quickly its growing and offsetting. But no bloom spike as yet. That may be a good thing,as it would probably go right thru my ceiling if yours is any example.
I hope you will get something from your cross.
I get a little envious when I hear of such pleasant growing conditions in your area,Florida,and Hawaii.Tonight it will be around 3deg.F,the coldest so far this winter
season,and with the wind,the weather bureau is warning us to stay home if possible,as it will feel like -20F. Not nice,and definetly not bromeliad weather.
We hang in there tho,and dream of Summer ;)
Bob

Stephania...forgot to ask, how do you tell that your H.rosea is a female plant ?
And the name of the large green plant to the right of the H. rosea ?
Bob

I hope so Lisa, BTW, I think you would receive my message about your Crypt. via Michael?

That's really cold Bob ! Please take care.
As Hechtia is quite remarkable genus among the Bromeliad family,
as it is dioecious plant, a plant produce only one sex flower,
so there are male and female plant.

My Hechtia's flowers appear female organ, the pistil,
note on the three radiate white organs above the superior ovary,
while the male plant has more open petal with a group of conspicuous stamens.

That huge plant on the right is a handsome spiny, Hechtia glauca
which will turn yellow and maroon leaves's edge when exposed to cold and direct sunlight.

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Those h. glaucas are nice plants. I saw a bunch of them at Worldwide Exotics in LA. They are very touchy about cold though. I may be wrong, but I think Gary Hammer discovered this plant.

Yes, you can see the little female parts in the last flower picture, Bob. Uh oh, this may not be suitable for family viewing!

I can't even imagine 3 deg. F, and I don't want to! I am enjoying our winter weather here. It's quite comfortable, whereas summer can really drain your energy.

Yes, I got your message, Stephania. I'm planning to get some things from Michael soon, but I'll wait until the Crypts get there and hopefully that will work out well for everybody. They will have seen the world by then!

Hey...just want to up to date my cross, I think it is done!

Note each of the green ovaries became a seed pod.
I used various pollen plants : Dyckia marnier-lapostollei, Dyckia estevesii
and Dyckia sp.(an unknown which I will post for ID soon)

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Today morning....there are about 65 seed pods that growing up and looked healthy!

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That's a lot of seed, Stephania! Between that and your pregnant Dyckia you may have to buy the lot next door so you can have a place to grow them all out!

Did you grow up any of those hybrids?