Balboa Short Spine Peru bromeliad Fast growing and thick plant

Fast growing and thick plant with short spines that grow long and white with age

Thankfully Dave gave us cuttings and we offer them here in his memory

and told him that in three days he would rise in the east

The dragon is a timeless symbol of power

Eventually Verne stopped selling the seedlings and planted his remaining Wild Andes seedlings at his Escalon ranch

Balboa Short Spine Peru bromeliad Fast growing and thick plantA very rare and stand out botanical garden specimen from the Balboa Botanical Garden in San Diego California. The original mother stand was poached to extinction, however has survived through various palpations within the cactus community via volunteers who mamaged to get cuttings before the plants died. These are very old, wild collected specimens likely from Kate Sessions as they were planted in her cacti garden. There were several Peruvianus