Location ²

Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

Description ²

Small, tank-forming, epiphytic bromeliad. Often pollinated by bats, hummingbirds and butterflies. Fruits are capsules, flowers at 40cm high, leaves are 20-25cm long, pale green with small reddish marks below. Inflorescence is simple, has 6-18 flowers with chartaceous floral bracts, bright red above the middle and greenish-yellow at the apex.

Habitat Type ²

Has broad environmental tolerance occurs throughout tropical climate areas. 0m – 1000m asl.

References ²

Oliva-Esteva, F. and Steyermark, J.A. 1987. Bromeliaceae of Venezuela. Armitano Editores, Caracas.

Smith, L.B. and Downs, R.J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). The New York Botanical Garden, New York.

Sources and Credits

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More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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