Hi Nancy,
There are a few Puya species that have remarkable growth and blooming,and P.berteroniana is one of them,with an amazing infloresence,with hundreds of aqua/turquoise flowers.
If you go to this website WWW.FCBS.ORG and when the home page comes up,you will see a menu on the left side.Click on
PHOTOS,and then when the genera page comes up,click on PUYA. Then click on P.berteroniana to see the photo of it.
While there,check out some of the others too,and you will see some fantastic plants in flower.
I have a small sized plant of P.berteroniana,and these plants can get very large in their natural habitat. If I can find it in my album,I'll try to post a photo of it.
Bob

My friend, Juan in Chile had posted some wonderful pics of this species in its habitat.

Here is a link that might be useful: Puya berteroniana

Thank you both Stephania and...Bob. Those were some outrageously beautiful broms. Living in Texas, I can't imagine all the beauty that is so present elsewhere! I have a fettish for broms and would like to find a MOST unusual one with stunning color that can be grown in a pot. I see now the puya is not what I'm looking for....way too big.....ha-ha! Being so new to broms, if you have a favorite that could be contained in a pot, please let me know. I'm just too new to this to find what I'm looking for.

OUTSTANDING....OUTSTANDING pictures!!!

~Nancy~

Hi Nancy and welcome!

Here is my little one. Stand about 28" tall.
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Also have Mirabilis and Laxa which is one of my favorites.
By the way I am in Corpus.
Patris