Puya raimondii

Common name: Queen of the Andes

Family: Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad)

Distribution: Bolivia, Peru

IUCN Red list: Endangered

Comments: Its reproductive cycle is approximately 40 years. One individual, however, planted near sea level at the University of California Botanical Garden, grew from 1958 to 1986, to 7.6 m and bloomed after only 28 years.

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1: Nursery areas • Accession: 2013-200 • Provenance: Unrecorded
2: Upper garden, rockeries (Ur) • Accession: 2013-200/2 • Provenance: Unrecorded

Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

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Puya raimondii

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