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| Bromeliads Photo Album |
| BROMELIADS |
MY FAVORITE BROMELIADS:
The Family Bromeliaceae is one family of plants, and it is included PINEAPPLE!
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| Blooming pineapple. |
| Bromeliads Photo Album |
In this Family, there are some interested species for me. Those species are in the Air-Bromeliads, which live on trees and are main group of Air Plants. Especially, the Genera Tillandsia includes many Air-Bromeliads species. It matches for in any rooms, because it is NOT required to use soil borne!
Another type of bromeliads are Tank-Bromeliads and Ground-Bromeliads. The Tank-Bromeliads has a tank in center of rosetto, and usually live on tree. The Ground-Bromeliads live on ground. Note that this isn't classified by Taxology. It is just from form and/or cultivation.
The Flowers
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A flower bud is found at center of rosetto! (Jun.25,1999) |
Growing inflorescence.(Aug.28,1999) |
Some flowers are blooming.(Oct.4,1999) |
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Initial few flowers, blooming from bottom of spike. A flower lives about 2 or 3 days, and next flower in spike will bloom. |
End of Flowers. Top flowers are blooming. |
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Flowers of Neo. ampullacea. |
The Fruits
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Some capsule-like fruits grown after flowers. |
The Pups and Seedlings
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A pup is growing at bottom of rosetto. |
A seedling is found at a leaf of parent! A seed caught this leaf when it was born. Growth is slower than pop. |
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A seedling of D. platyphylla x self. Please compare the size with top of safety match. (Sep.5,1999; about 2 weeks after from cloud seeding) |
Growing (Jan.5,2000; W 2cm, 0.8inch) |
Live with ants
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The T. seleriana shaped a bottle. |
Ants made a hole at side of this bottle. Diameter is about 1 or 2 mm (0.05 or 0.1 inch). |
Ants in interspace of leaves. They built their nest in this bottle. |
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