Puya laxa VIPP 3-18-19 This outstanding hybrid (‘Colores’ x

This outstanding hybrid (‘Colores’ x ‘Strawberry’ (Beadle #1405)) is a masterwork of famed Billbergia breeder Don Beadle

with stiff

a tall scape with many red branches and fragrant flowers

An unusual bromeliad of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil from the states of Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina in lowland forests up to about 1

but what it might be

Puya laxa VIPP 3-18-19 This outstanding hybrid (‘Colores’ xThis strange species from Bolivia could easily be mistaken for a silvery Tillandsia at first glance. A few leaved medium sized plant less than 24 inch across in a big specimen, but not full or dense. The leaves are somewhat terete and completely covered with a wool like coat of dense silvery trichomes. A good rock garden subject that will tolerate some freezing weather and full sun. Also does well potted and is one of the few nice 'collectible' Puyas.