Use this forum to discuss matters relating to xeric Bromeliads such as Hechtia, Dyckia, Puya, Tillandsia and related species. This is where one posts unknown plant photos for ID help.
Puya have some weird colored flowers. Aren't they the ones that can be bright blue and green? I think xeric bromeliads are very cool though often they look pretty scruffy.
Is that silvery clump labeled? When I was a volunteer there over a decade ago,they had told me that those Puya's had no real I.D. So,I wonder if Puya venusta is a best guess on the gardens part?
If anybody see's one for sale- snatch it up. They glow silver on a sunny day. I would say a near icon of the BBG among a few others of course.
I checked Dave's Garden,this is Puya alpestris.
Gotta love terrestrial bromeliads!
The picture labelled Puya alpestris isn't that. No idea what it is, but it isn't alpestris!
The picture labelled Fascicularia species is a Greigia species, those flower clusters in the leaf axils are a give away, probably G. sphacelata.
And Fascicularia pitcairnifolia is now Fascicularia bicolor ssp bicolor - at least, last time I looked!
Seems the Puya genus is not a very known group of plants as the massive collection by the Huntington is largely unidentified. Have so GREAT stuff, but what it all actually is is not clear. Pretty sure the 'Puya alpestris' (as it's labeled at UC Berkeley) is actually Puya coerulea var violacea (at least two other gardens have that plant under that name... just going by the majority rule).
Here's a few more shots of that plant at the Huntington
Puya coerulea var. violacea again and gain H.jpg (181.58 KiB) Viewed 1806 times
Puya coerulea var. violacea violet dark flweors May.jpg (137.02 KiB) Viewed 1806 times
Puya coerulea var. violacea pink peduncles H 5-16 end.jpg (157.29 KiB) Viewed 1806 times