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a plant that grows its own swimming pool and runs a private ecosystem inside it.
means A member of a family of mostly tropical American plants—including the pineapple—many of which form a watertight rosette of leaves that catches rain and houses tiny aquatic life.
from Named for Olof Bromelius, a Swedish botanist, when Linnaeus christened the genus Bromelia in his honor; the family name Bromeliaceae and the everyday 'bromeliad' grew from there. So the plant that builds little ponds carries a man's surname, dressed in Latin botanical clothing.
- pineapple cousin
- The pineapple is a bromeliad you eat
- tank life
- Leaf cups hold water, hosting frogs and insects
- air feeders
- Many absorb water and nutrients through leaves, not roots
- bloom once
- Most flower a single time, then slowly die
- spanish moss
- That drooping tree beard is a bromeliad too
vriesea splendens — flaming sword bromeliad, native to rainforests of brazil and venezuela
tillandsia usneoides — spanish moss, hangs from trees across southeastern us and central america
aechmea fasciata — silver vase plant, popular houseplant with banded leaves native to brazil