Bromeliads are a beautiful family of tropical and subtropical plants, many of which posses colorful foliage, beautiful flowers or both. With their many sizes, shapes and colors and ease of culture, ...
Not long ago, I wrote about planting bromeliads in the garden. In response, I received an email from Jerry Robinson, one of the proprietors of Rainforest Flora (rain-forest-flora.com), whose retail ...
Imagine walking through a tropical rain forest with lush green plants and colorful bromeliads growing in the trees over your head. Do you think it is possible to create this look in Tallahassee? With ...
It will come as no surprise to Randy Strauss that bromeliads can be used as part of a lush tropical-style garden in the Bay Area. He planned it that way when he hired landscape designer David Feix to ...
Not long ago, I wrote about planting bromeliads in the garden. In response, I received an email from Jerry Robinson, one of the proprietors of Rainforest Flora (rain-forest-flora.com), whose retail ...
Bromeliads are a wonderful group of tropical plants that are understandably popular: They are easy to grow, colorful and stay in bloom for a long time. Because they are not cold hardy, we grow them in ...
Many Florida gardeners look for low maintenance plants that add color, texture, and interest to their landscape. A great plant that fits these desirable characteristics is the bromeliad. There are ...
, one of the world's largest bromeliads. Why? Because it blooms and then dies. Kind of an anticlimax, if you ask me. I suppose the energy it takes to put up the 10-foot flower is all this bizarrely ...
Exotic flowering bromeliads make excellent houseplants and theflowers may last anywhere from six weeks to four months or longer,depending on the species and how long the plants have been at thegarden ...
In my last column you read about Susan Welborn's garden in Oldsmar. Welborn shared one of her favorite nurseries with me and, as promised, I'll pass on the information to you. It isn't close to home, ...
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 64, No. 4 (Dec., 1981), pp. 491-506 (16 pages) Aquatic stages of the mosquito Wyeomyia vanduzeei Dyar & Knab inhabit leaf axils of the epiphytic bromeliad Tillandsia ...