Puya dyckioides Chelone bright gold foliage surrounded by

bright gold foliage surrounded by a wide

but none have performed as well in our hot climate as this seed strain from near the famous Dolly Sods Wilderness Area in West Virginia's Tucker County

but there are a few populations where the foliage tends toward blue

each heavily spotted with creamy yellow among the longitudinal creamy white and yellow stripes

The flowers are highly visited by hummingbirds

Puya dyckioides Chelone bright gold foliage surrounded byWe first became familiar with the hardy bromeliad Puya dyckioides on our 2002 Argentina trip, where plantsman Sean Hogan spotted it growing on a cliff around 10,000' elevation. We subsequently (2005) planted offspring in our garden which have grown vigorously ever since, experiencing temperatures of 7 degrees F with some leaf burn, but flowering was unaffected. The olive green spiny leaves form a fast offsetting 2' tall x 4' wide patch in 5 years.