And wears it beautifully!

Does not seem to be much known about this little species! Did a google for her and other than Brazil and your picture she has dodged the cameras and reporters.
Do you have any growth and/or bloom information you can share about her?

So do I, Patris, I've known nothing!
It's a shame...I've to confess that I got her because of the name!
It sounded pretty good yet interesting which tempting me so much.

At first glance, I was quite disappointed, as she look like an immature seedling.
Withering in the box's bottom, yet got some rotting on the crown...
it seemed just only 50% of life.

But I tried to safe her life and took care of her as good as I could
finally, I've realized that she has a sharming attraction of green
and becomes an elegance amongst those silver or dark-red spiney guy,
I hope next year, this Elisabeth's Dyckia will bloom for me.

Hi Stephania,
As Kermit the frog says,"It's not easy being Green"
But I do like your 'Elizabeth',and am wondering if someone just called it that as a 'pet' name,like for a friend or relative,and the name stuck. And could it be just a Dyckia of another well known species or hybrid? Hmmmm,...probably not tho.
I got a new one this week too,so heres the photo of Puya alpestris.
Not easy to handle,so I leave her be,and admire from a distance ;). The potting of it was like trying to give my cat a bath, Ouch !

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LOL...Thanks for your admission Bob :^)
Kermit has been my favorite star since I was so young.
Your Puya alpestris look very nice, it reminds me of the one I had killed !

I do look forward to seeing her bloom Stephania. So far I have choristaminea dawsonii, altissima and red devil either blooming, budding or fixing to open buds. So exciting to see them bloom. I have crossed the 2 choristaminea and looks like I may have at least one seed pod.
May try crossing the red devil with choristaminea if she is still in bloom when red devil opens.
Feel like a mad scientist!!!! LOL

Bob, nice purchase. Puya alpestris is gorgeous and looks like a pretty nice size plant too.

Hi Patris, I have read Dr. Larry's article of Cryptanthus Society
about storing pollen that I think the process could be use with Dyckia...

Though the both parentage's flowers might not open in the same time,
we could store pollen in empty gel caps (drug capsule)
that can be bought from some pharmacies by special order.
To collect, taking the pollen coated stamen held by its stem and place it
into one half of the gel capsules and closes it with other half.
Then put the caps in airtight container, store in freezer until a mother plant is in bloom.
The stroed pollen could alive for one year