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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 ]
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 ]
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
Pages for logged out editors ... move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Description. 2 Geographic range. 3 ... commonly known as the ocellated anadia or ocellated bromeliad ...
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 ...
Bromeliohyla, sometimes known as the bromeliad treefrogs, [2] is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This genus was erected in 2022 following a major revision of the Hylidae. The original two species in this genus were previously placed in the genus Hyla . [ 1 ]
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.
Crossodactylodes (common name: bromeliad frogs) is a genus of leptodactylid frogs from the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. [ 1 ] Most Crossodactylodes are Atlantic Forest species closely associated with epiphytic bromeliads where they complete their entire life cycle, including the larval development.