Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. red and yellow flowers on Vriesea bromeliad plants Delivering a touch of the tropics to your home, bromeliads are guaranteed to ...

The Vriesea gigantea bromeliads live on treetops and gather water between their leaves – this is why they are called tank epiphytes. It is a common belief that plants of this type are the only plants ...

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 the answer ...

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

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There may not be too many readers who could name a lot of plants belonging to the plant family called the Bromeliaceae, and yet it is one of the most important groups of plants in the Central and ...

During the frigid days of winter, plant lovers are forced to turn their attention indoors. The bromeliads are a group of plants that adapt well to indoor conditions and lately have become more readily ...

The bromeliads comprise one of the most eclectic plant families in the Americas, including epiphytes in rainforests, terrestrial species in high elevations and arid-land survivors. Taxonomists have ...

As I looked at the bromeliads flowering beneath our stand of rimu trees, it occurred to me that here was a genuinely low maintenance area of the garden. As long as you don't mind the prickly nature of ...