Puya alpestris: Difference between revisions
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|species=alpestris | |species=alpestris | ||
|habit=bromeliad | |||
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|lifespan=perennial | |||
|exposure=sun | |||
|water=moderate, dry | |||
|features=evergreen, flowers | |||
|flower_season=early spring, late winter | |||
|flowers=green, blue, single | |||
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|min_zone=9.5 | |||
|max_zone=12 | |||
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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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.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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