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Puya fiebrigii

Puya fiebrigii
Photo: Jule Peters and Nicole Schütz, CC BY-SA 3.0

Puya fiebrigii is a rosette-forming bromeliad from the Bolivian Andes, grown mainly by specialist collectors. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and protection from frost and wet winters.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water freely in the growing season and let the mix dry out between waterings; keep the crown dry in winter.
Soil
Very free-draining mix, such as gritty cactus or bromeliad compost.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect below 5 °C and keep dry in cold weather.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Bolivia
Climate
subtropical

About

Puya fiebrigii is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is endemic to Bolivia.

Other Puya plants

Puya aequatorialis · Puya alata · Puya alba · Sapphire Tower · Puya angelensis · Puya aristeguietae · Puya atra · Puya berteroniana · Puya boliviensis · Puya brittoniana · Puya cardenasii · Puya cardonae

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Puya fiebrigii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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