Puya cryptantha SEEDS

Puya cryptantha seeds grow into a terrestrial bromeliad native to the wet tropical biome of Colombia from the Andean cloud forests and pramo zones of the Colombian Andes. The epithet cryptantha means ‘hidden-flowered’ (Greek kryptos = hidden + anthos = flower), referring to the flowers that are partly concealed or hidden within the dense bracts of the inflorescence. Described by Jos Cuatrecasas (19031996), the Spanish-American botanist who was the foremost specialist on Colombian Andean flora. A member of subfamily Puyoideae forming a terrestrial rosette of stiff, spiny-margined leaves. Family Bromeliaceae.

Bright indirect light; well-drained rocky or peaty soils; moderate humidity; cool tropical Andean conditions of the Colombian cloud forests.

• ‘Cryptantha’ = hidden-flowered; flowers partly concealed within dense bracts
• Described by Cuatrecasas (19031996), foremost specialist on Colombian Andean flora
• Colombia wet tropical biome; Andean cloud forest and pramo
• Subfamily Puyoideae; stiff spiny-margined leaves; terrestrial Andean rosette
• Bright indirect light; rocky peaty soils; cool Andean; Family Bromeliaceae

Puya cryptantha is the hidden-flowered Andean bromeliad of Colombia described by one of the greatest specialists in Colombian flora, Jos Cuatrecasas, a cloud forest and pramo species whose concealed flowers make it a botanically intriguing member of the diverse Puya flora of the northern Andes.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.