Bromeliad Cultivar Register (7970) 2022-12-13

*PUYA ‘Doris Coleman’*	Flower, Andrew.	1974
Dense rosette of 1 m olive green long-tapered leaves with shiny upper surface and dense white scurfing on undersides and with dark brown-black tips- compound inflorescence with 1.5 m rachis on 80 cm scape - 40 flower spikes with 40 flowers each with teal-blue petals and wine-red sepals - in bloom for 10 weeks. Reg. Doc. 1991. Country of origin: New Zealand
Seed Parent: alpestris	Pollen Parent: spathacea
References: JBS 41:164,166ill; 44:29, 219