Mind how ewe go: the sheep-eating killer plant that's ready to bloom

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Mind how ewe go: the sheep-eating killer plant that’s
ready to bloom

By Oscar Quine
The Independent
June 17, 2013

A sheep-eating plant is set to bloom over the next few
days in a Surrey garden. In its natural habitat of the
Andes, the 3m-tall Puya chilensis snares the animals in
its razor-sharp spines, leaving them to perish and decay
at its base – like a bag of fertiliser.

Very few specimens have been known to flower in the UK,
causing much excitement over the enormous neon bright,
greeny-yellow flowers that it produces, with giant blooms
containing enough nectar for a person to drink. The plant
is also increasingly rare in its native Chile, where
shepherds set them alight to protect their flocks.

Cara Smith, from the Royal Horticultural Society’s Wisley
Garden, where the plant is growing, said: “We keep it
well fed with liquid fertiliser, as feeding it on its
natural diet might prove a bit problematic.”

More at:

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/mind-how-ewe-go-the-sheepeatingkiller-plant-thats-ready-to-bloom-8662603.html

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