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Brocchinia reducta, like many other bromeliads, forms a water-storing cup with its tightly overlapping, bright yellow and green leaves, creating a cylinder when growing outdoors called a rosette. [7] The leaves surrounding the cup of B. reducta are coated with a very loose yet thick wax coat. [ 5 ]
Bromeliads with leaf vases can capture water and nutrients in the absence of a well-developed root system. [11] Many bromeliads also use crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis to create sugars. This adaptation allows bromeliads in hot or dry climates to open their stomata at night rather than during the day, which reduces water loss ...
Tillandsia caput-medusae is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family, Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. Common names include octopus plant and medusa's head. An epiphyte native to Central America and Mexico, T. caput-medusae is a commonly cultivated bromeliad species. The thick, channeled, tapering and twisting leaves are up ...
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Billbergia pyramidalis var. concolor in cultivation. A perennial, clump-forming stemless bromeliad plant, it is adaptable, growing well as a terrestrial or epiphytic plant. . When on the ground, plants quickly create large clumps, and when planted at the base of a tree, they will slowly climb the t
Aechmea nudicaulis is a bromeliad species in the genus Aechmea, which is often used as an ornamental plant. [3] This species is native to Central America, the West Indies, central and southern Mexico, and northern and central South America.
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Neoregelia carolinae, the blushing bromeliad, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Neoregelia. It is noted for its centre turning red when it's about to flower, from where the common name (blushing) is derived. [ 1 ]