Puya laxa
Archive entry 19.07.15
28th March 2006
Another unexpectedly prickly species that occasionally elicits strong language.
This is a picture of its last gasp, I'm afraid. I have been growing it since 1988, and last year
I let a frost get to it, and it has died (and I am kicking myself).
18th July 2015
Fortunately others weren't as careless as me and I was able to obtain a division from a survivor.
12th July 2018