Because it's Earth Day...
Both of these grow in the Andes Mountains and are in the bromeliad family. Click on headline to read about them...
Sapphire Tower Plant Blooms For First And Last Time In 20 Years
This plant has spectacular, otherworldly-looking flowers.
Puya Raimondii: The 40-Foot “Queen Of The Andes” That Blooms Only Once A Century
And then it dies, because why not go out with a spectacle?
very nice and interesting!
ReplyDeleteExtremely grateful to have seen these spectacular wonders of the plant kingdom and hope their remote location in the High Andes will keep them safe from the destructive intentions of mankind for profit or gain.
ReplyDeleteWonderplante van die suidelike halfrond.
ReplyDeleteBromelias prolifereer aan die kus van die Kaapsprovinsie in Suid-Afrika soos in die Andes.
- Praetorius