Puya ferruginea COLLECTOR This form is green with

This form is green with white variegations in the center of the leaf and a contrasting cherry red center when blooming

Ball-like clusters the size of melons are not uncommon in nature but one rarely sees such specimens in cultivation

It is a nice form of Tillandsia fasciculata v

Serra Rochosa” in eastern Minas Gerais on rocky slopes

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Puya ferruginea COLLECTOR This form is green withA species native from Ecuador to Bolivia with inch wide, fairly stiff, glaucous green, gracefully recurving spiny leaves in a 36 inch rosette. The inflorescence is a simple spike with large white and chestnut brown flowers with a flaring corolla. Upon closing the flowers twist in a tight spiral. Our plants descended from a collection made in Amazonas, Peru and have the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens accession number of SEL2007 0158.