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A large growing species from Chile with silvery leaves. My little plant is quite an ancient specimen _
I have had it for 15 years, and it really needs to be fed and watered a bit more to grow to full size
(about 2m)! I really like it,but every now and then it sticks a little needle sharp spine in my hand
and I swear like a trucker who's lost his Yorkie! Plant Delights Nursery say in their catalogue: "Puya chilensis, which hails from the dry deserts of Chile at elevations up to 3,000', is one of the few species of spiny bromeliads to survive long term (since 2005) in our garden. The 3' wide spiny rosettes...and I really mean spiny, may take up to two decades to flower, but like all good things it's worth the wait. The 6' tall flower spikes resemble otherworldly, oversized, lime green medieval mace clubs." I was about to plant it out when it dropped dead (probably starved in the pot). |
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| 28th March 2006 | ||