Puya venusta seeds grow into a striking terrestrial bromeliad native to the subtropical biome of central Chile from the coastal and pre-Andean zones from Coquimbo south to O’Higgins. The epithet venusta means ‘charming’ or ‘beautiful’, applied for the vivid magenta-pink to deep rose-purple flower colour one of the most intensely coloured of all Chilean Puya. Produces tall scapes of vivid, deeply saturated magenta-pink tubular flowers above a compact rosette of stiff spiny leaves. Closely related to P. alpestris and one of the parent species of the natural hybrid P. berteroniana. Taxonomy revised by Zizka et al. (2013). Subfamily Puyoideae. Family Bromeliaceae.

Full sun; very well-drained, rocky or sandy soils; drought-tolerant; cool to warm subtropical conditions of central Chile. Cold-hardy for a bromeliad.

• ‘Venusta’ = charming/beautiful; vivid magenta-pink to deep rose-purple flowers intensely coloured
• One of the most vibrantly coloured Chilean Puya; one parent of hybrid P. berteroniana
• Central Chile (Coquimbo to O’Higgins) subtropical biome; coastal and pre-Andean zones
• Taxonomy revised Zizka et al. (2013); related to P. alpestris; subfamily Puyoideae
• Full sun; rocky well-drained soils; drought-tolerant; cool subtropical; Family Bromeliaceae

Puya venusta is the beautiful puya of central Chile with its vivid magenta-pink flowers making it one of the most intensely coloured of all Chilean Puya and one of the most charming ornamental bromeliads for temperate garden use.

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