Mid April flowers in Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California
by palmbob Apr 29, 2004 12:26 PM
April flower spike showing black flowers
by palmbob Apr 29, 2004 12:26 PM
Here's another flower spike from the same clump but the other end... there are many subspecies of this plant... perhaps different subspecies? Or just different developmental stage of flower spike? Mid April
by palmbob Apr 29, 2004 12:26 PM
Better shot of plants from further away , April, Pasadena California
by palmbob Apr 29, 2004 12:26 PM
in full glory, early May, southern California
by palmbob May 18, 2005 9:50 PM
early summer, Northern California
by palmbob Jul 1, 2008 7:05 AM
flower at end of blooming season, early July, southern California
by palmbob Jul 30, 2008 6:35 AM
'Chagualillo', as we call them here, in its natural habitat. Laguna de Aculeo, Chile
by Ursula Sep 24, 2008 4:41 AM
Wild growing Puya coerulea. All these pictures were shot in late winter. Laguna de Aculeo, Chile
by Ursula Sep 24, 2008 4:36 AM
Dry/empty seedpods from the previous year. Laguna de Aculeo, Chile
by Ursula Sep 24, 2008 4:36 AM
New flower bud. All the Puya coerulea pictures were taken on a private island, Laguna (Lagoon) de Aculeo, Chile.
by Ursula Sep 24, 2008 4:36 AM
A more advanced stage of the flower bud. In the background, a spike with dry seed pods from the previous year.
by Ursula Sep 24, 2008 4:36 AM
This is the most advanced flower bud I found during my visit on Sept. 11th, late winter down here.
by Ursula Sep 24, 2008 4:36 AM
by Ursula Sep 24, 2008 4:36 AM
spring, southern California
by palmbob May 15, 2009 3:05 PM
spring, southern California
by palmbob May 16, 2009 4:34 AM
a paler flower amongst all the dark, nearly black ones
by palmbob May 16, 2009 4:37 AM
these flowers were in the middle of this colony at the Huntington... still the same species I think, but obviously different
by palmbob May 16, 2009 4:38 AM
May flowers, Huntington Gardens, California
by palmbob May 11, 2011 3:59 PM
large colony, Huntington Gardens, in mid bloom, early May
by palmbob May 11, 2011 4:00 PM
pink form
by palmbob May 11, 2011 4:01 PM
another shot of the pink flowering form
by palmbob May 11, 2011 4:03 PM
another shot of pink form of Puya coerulea
by palmbob May 13, 2011 12:46 PM
University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
by growin Jul 29, 2011 10:17 PM
two very different types of flowers appearing to grow in the same colony... I suspect two different varieties, but not delineated well
by palmbob May 20, 2012 2:30 AM
different variety of flower despite coming out of same large colony, Huntington Gardens, May
by palmbob May 20, 2012 9:07 AM
