Bromeliads (family Bromeliaceae) are herbaceous plants native to Florida, Central and South America; according to conservative estimates by the Marie Selby Botanical Garden in Florida, half of the ...

Some species of euphonias, small colorful birds, even use them as nest sites. When we eat a pineapple, we are enjoying the fruit of the best-known member of the bromeliad family, Ananas comosus.

There are 3,500 types of bromeliads. The most well-known is the pineapple. Other types don’t fruit but generally have flowering stalks that rise 12 to 20 inches from the middle of a rosette of ...

Fans of brightly-colored tropical plants may favor this unusual variety, but don't grow it in your yard if you're trying to ...

So while the Carib's taste for human flesh is doubtful, we do know that the explorer returned to Europe with this succulent fruit. While it was widely coveted, this crop of the tropical bromeliad ...

Bromeliads tend to have an “easy disposition” that allows them to flourish in low light with infrequent watering. And that’s not the only remarkable thing about them. By Margaret Roach And ...

Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae genera) are tropical-looking epiphytes that are easy to care for in average home conditions. Although there are about 2,500 species plus thousands of hybrids and cultivars ...

Bromeliads are beautiful tropical or semitropical plants that possess colorful foliage, beautiful flowers or both. One type, the pineapple, even produces edible fruit.

Their strong legs allow them to move quickly. Bromeliad spiders. Bromeliad spiders are also a type of wandering spider, and are sometimes mistaken for Brazilian wandering spiders. This is often ...

Bromeliad Society of the Palm Beaches Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Mounts Botanical Garden Auditorium, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Info: 561-386-7812; www.bsi.org Tropical Fruit ...

How easy is it to attach bromeliads to trees ... then they won’t be present in the fruit. The delicious Deciduous fig (Ficus henneana) grows well in Brisbane and the figs are present, so ...