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Puya sp. "Cumbayo" (Cumbayo Puya) - A terrestrial bromeliad that forms clumps of small 8-10-inch-wide rosettes of very narrow powdery blue-gray leaves and 1-2 foot tall unbranched spikes bearing purple flowers in the spring.
Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate very little to none. This plant is native to a fairly high elevation and likely is pretty hardy to frost but its ultimate hardiness is yet unknown.
Our plants are grown from seed collected by past CSSA president Greg Dechirico from near Cumbayo, Peru where it was growing at around 11,000 feet on rocky outcrops in full sun with Matucanas aureiflora and M. aurantiaca, Tillandsia cacticola, T. macbriediana and T. straminea. We sold this plant from 2012 to 2014
This information about Puya sp. "Cumbayo" displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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