BERKELEY (CBS SF) - U.C. Berkeley will likely be bustling with botanists in the coming days as flower watchers await ... which goes by the scientific name Puya raimondii, is on display at the ...

In the wild, the Puya raimondii, also known as the Queen of ... In full bloom, it would be adorned with as many as 30,000 flowers. It was planted at the garden in 1990 after researchers returned ...

It was later reclassified in 1928 into the genus Puya and received ... a large display of white flowers and producing anywhere between 6 to 12 million seeds, P. raimondii pops it metaphorical ...

These flowers are native to the Americas and were ... the blooms can last for several years before that happens. The Puya raimondii occurs in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia, usually no less ...

"No Puya raimondii has ever bloomed this young anywhere ... "Very few people have ever seen one of these actually flower," UC botanist Daniel Campbell told The Chronicle at the time.

raimondii flowered two years ago at ... Curator Don Mahoney says three species are in bloom, including Puya coerulea, whose blackish flowers have a touch of violet. Although the Queen of the ...

Found in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia, the world’s biggest bromeliad Puya raimondii is imperiled by ... The sub-inflorescences are composed of 30-40 flowers, and they can hardly be held in ...

The plant, a Puya raimondii also known as the Queen of the Andes ... tall and produce up to 30,000 flowers when it reaches full bloom, the spokeswoman said. The plant was grown from a seed brought to ...

There’s not much scientific literature on the topic, although there are very similar accounts about another member of the same plant genus that also features barbed foliage: Puya raimondii ...