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PUYA SP. RCB EQ-W-5
PUYA SP. RCB EQ-W-5
Small spiny rosettes 30cm. wide with black-red staining in leaf, bold spikes of flower esp. when potbound, evergreen, needs shelter or pot culture, 1.5m. Seed coll.3700m. altitude, heathy moorland, Cuenca District, Ecuador.
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