They aren't supposed to bloom in the middle??

Dyckia Chocolate with 2 flower stalk coming from the center.

This is the 1st time it is flowering for me.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dyckia Chocolate

I thought it was another head on the plant blooming,. (Chanin where are you? This supposed to happen?)

Hi spiney fanciers (^_^)"

Bryan, yours look great, while mine that I got from Tropiflora is gonna bloom too
The plant has formed its inflorescenece from the middle, yes that's strange HDD!
Dyckia should not bloom from the plant's apical, so do you guys think
that 'Chocolate' could be a bigeneric hybrid, may be with Deuterocohnia
or Encholirium which bloom from the apical. Here my plant tip.

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Turtlewalker, few years ago one of my xDyckcohnia 'Conrad Morton'
did shoot twin flower stalk too.

Here is a link that might be useful: xDyckcohnia 'Conrad Morton'

It must be a trait of this plant. does anyone know what the cross is. That might shed some light on it

No way to know the Chocolate parents, And down the street is a huge stand of Deuterocohnia that bloom from the same scape year after year. Its unsightly because it so thick they cant weed the bed. If I get a spiney in bloom I will go swipe some pollen

Bryan, you remind me of a cute Dyckia 'Angelita' which also apically blooms.
Strangely, on a tag which came from Tropiflora appear "xDycklirium Angelita" !

But from 'Angelita' 's flower feature, I think it could be a cross between
Dyckia x Deuterocohnia instead of Encholirium which usually lack of tube-like petals(^_*)

The Angelita came from a batch of seeds that a friend of mine in our club grew out. After it was registered Harry Luther thought it was a Dylerium.