Puya tuberosa vipp 6-25 foliage color and of course

foliage color and of course the inflorescences

A very floriferous form with clusters of yellow flowers on long peduncles

Matures at 10 inches across

Its small cordate leaves are born in pairs along a somewhat stiff vine with tight

This form has thicker leaves and is larger and more open in shape

Puya tuberosa vipp 6-25 foliage color and of courseThis is an excellent small growing species from the area of Santa Cruz, Bolivia where it grows at a 3,000 to 6,000 feet, low for a Puya. Small for a Puya, it grows to about 20 inches, small enough for most collections. It has narrow silvery leaves; less than a half inch wide, pretty spiny, in a loose but leafy rosette. The inflorescence is a pink spike that soon turns brown, with deep purple blue flowers with bright orange pollen. Grows well here at