“Centennial Wonder: Witness the Blooming of ‘Queen of the Andes’, the World’s Largest Bromeliad”

Ext??m?l? ???? ?n? ?n??n?????, t?is ?nci?nt m??v?l kn?wn ?s t?? “Qu??n ?? t?? An??s” is t?? l????st ???m?li?? in t?? w??l?.

Am?n? t?? 3,000 s??ci?s ?? ???m?li??s ?ut t????, t?is ?n? is ???init?l? t?? kin?! At ?v?? 30 ???t t?ll, Pu?? ??im?n?ii is t?? w??l?’s l????st B??m?li??, s???tin? ?n? ?? t?? l????st ?l?w?? st?lks ?? ?n? ?l?nt ?n ???t?! As t?? ???t?s ???v?, its m?ssiv? st?lk c?n ??t ?v?? 25 ???t t?ll ?n? c?nt?in t??us?n?s ?? ?l?w??s.

T?? m??ni?ic?nt ?l?nt is n?tiv? t? t?? ?????n ?i??l?n?s ?? t?? An??s in B?livi? ?n? P??u, ???win? ??tw??n 3200 ?n? 4800 m.

T?? ??m??k??l? ?l?w?? s?ik? ?nl? ??????s ??t?? 80 ?? m??? ????s ?? v???t?tiv? ???wt?. T?is m??ns t??t ?n? suc? ?l?nt will ?l??m ?nl? ?nc? in ? c?ntu??!

P??t?: Wilm??P??t?: D.H. P??ks H??it?t in Anc?s?, P??u.

H??it?t in Hu?sc??áп N?ti?n?l P??k, P??u.Cl?s?-u? ?? ?l?w??. P??t?: St?n S???s