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Puya ugentiana

Puya ugentiana is a perennial terrestrial bromeliad from Bolivia, rarely grown outside its native range or specialist collections. Grow it like other Puya species in bright, well-drained conditions with minimal watering.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging the rosette.
Soil
Very well-drained, gritty mineral mix with added sand or grit.
Temperature
Tolerates warm to cool subtropical conditions; protect from frost, roughly below 0 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Bolivia (Chuquisaca)
Climate
subtropical

About

Puya ugentiana is a species in the genus Puya. 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 ugentiana 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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