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Puya angelensis is a spiny bromeliad from the high Andes of northern Ecuador, sometimes grown as a spiny hedge plant. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and cool conditions, and it is not a common houseplant.
Puya angelensis is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from three locations in Carchi Province.
This plant grows in páramo and high Andean forest habitat. It is sometimes cultivated as a hedge because it is spiny.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
