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Puya goudotiana Very nasty looking spikes ready for the unwary - this Puya has an amazing flower spike, not when I was there though, locally called Cardón. Chingaza National Park,Puya goudotiana,Páramo Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Puya goudotiana

Very nasty looking spikes ready for the unwary - this Puya has an amazing flower spike, not when I was there though, locally called Cardón.

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    NattyOne
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    Hi, I got the initial identification from my guide at Andesecotours & have sourced this which appears to support the identification https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/336535-Puya-goudotiana Posted 5 years ago
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      Ferdy Christant
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      Whoa, that's an unusual and awesome pattern, nice find!

      Can't find any photos similar to yours, not even using your link. Doesn't mean it's wrong though, I normally put high trust in local guides, and of course also in you :)       Posted 5 years ago

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The Puya goudotiana

Puya is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae. It is the sole genus of the subfamily Puyoideae, and is composed of 226 species. These terrestrial plants are native to the Andes Mountains of South America and southern Central America. Many of the species are monocarpic, with the parent plant dying after one flower and seed production event.

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Similar species: Grasses, Bromeliads, Sedges
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1328s
  • ISO5000
  • 200mm

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