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Puya sp. "Cumbayo" (Cumbayo Puya) - A terrestrial bromeliad that forms clumps of small 8-10-inch-wide rosettes of very narrow powdery blue-gray leaves and 1-2 foot tall unbranched spikes bearing purple flowers in the spring.
Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate very little to none. This plant is native to a fairly high elevation and likely is pretty hardy to frost but its ultimate hardiness is yet unknown.
Our plants are grown from seed collected by past CSSA president Greg Dechirico from near Cumbayo, Peru where it was growing at around 11,000 feet on rocky outcrops in full sun with Matucanas aureiflora and M. aurantiaca, Tillandsia cacticola, T. macbriediana and T. straminea. We sold this plant from 2012 to 2014
The information displayed on this page about Puya sp. "Cumbayo" is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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