Puya hamata SEEDS

Puya hamata seeds grow into a dramatic terrestrial bromeliad native to the wet tropical biome of the northern Andes from the cloud forests, pramo and sub-pramo of Ecuador and adjacent Colombia, typically at 2,5004,000 m altitude. The epithet hamata means ‘hooked’, referring to the fiercely hooked, recurved spines on the leaf margins that make this one of the most formidably armed of all Puya. A large, architecturally striking plant forming a robust rosette of long, hooked-spine leaves with tall, densely-packed flower scapes. Produces large, tubular, typically green to yellow-green flowers that are pollinated by hummingbirds. Subfamily Puyoideae. Family Bromeliaceae.

Full sun; well-drained rocky peaty soils; moderate humidity; cool to cold conditions mimicking Andean pramo habitats. One of the most cold-tolerant Puya.

• ‘Hamata’ = hooked; fiercely hooked recurved leaf spines among the most armoured Puya
• Large rosette; tall dense flower scapes; green to yellow-green hummingbird-pollinated flowers
• Ecuador/Colombia wet tropical biome; cloud forest and pramo at 2,5004,000 m
• Subfamily Puyoideae; one of the most cold-tolerant Puya species
• Full sun; rocky peaty soils; cool to cold Andean pramo; Family Bromeliaceae

Puya hamata is the hooked-spine pramo puya a formidably armed and architecturally striking bromeliad of the high Ecuadorian and Colombian pramo, whose fiercely recurved leaf spines and tall flower scapes make it one of the most dramatic of all high-altitude bromeliads.

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