Puya alpestris: Difference between revisions

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Puya alpestris subsp. var.

Sapphire Tower

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Bromeliaceae >

Puya

alpestris

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Puya alpestris is a species of bromeliad native to Chilean Andes and grown as an ornamental plant. It produces a clump of gray-green, spike-edged leaves and bolts a tall inflorescence containing many flowers. The flower is an unusual teal color with bright light orange pollen.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Puya alpestris, Poepp. (Pitcairnia caerudea, Baker. Puya Whytei, Hook. f. Pitcairnia alpestris, Bailey). Fl.-cluster much branched or panicled, with bracts more serrate than in P. caerulea: fls. very large and showy, with a flaring mouth, dull metallic blue. Chile.—A plant in bloom has the habit of a yucca. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Steens, A. & Y. Cave. (2003) Bromeliads for the Contemporary Garden. Portland: Timber Press, page 132.
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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+'''''Puya alpestris''''' is a species of [[Bromeliaceae|bromeliad]] native to [[Chile]]an [[Andes]] and grown as an [[ornamental plant]]. It produces a clump of gray-green, spike-edged leaves and bolts a tall [[inflorescence]] containing many flowers. The flower is an unusual [[Teal (color)|teal]] color with bright light orange pollen.
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-Puya alpestris, Poepp. (Pitcairnia caerudea, Baker. Puya Whytei, Hook. f. Pitcairnia alpestris, Bailey). Fl.-cluster much branched or panicled, with bracts more serrate than in P. caerulea: fls. very large and showy, with a flaring mouth, dull metallic blue. Chile. B.M. 5732.—A plant in bloom has the habit of a yucca. This and P. caerulea will probably stand considerable frost.
+Puya alpestris, Poepp. (Pitcairnia caerudea, Baker. Puya Whytei, Hook. f. Pitcairnia alpestris, Bailey). Fl.-cluster much branched or panicled, with bracts more serrate than in P. caerulea: fls. very large and showy, with a flaring mouth, dull metallic blue. Chile.—A plant in bloom has the habit of a yucca.
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 ==References==
+*Steens, A. & Y. Cave. (2003) ''Bromeliads for the Contemporary Garden''. Portland: Timber Press, page 132.
 *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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