The Phytophactor

A plant pundit comments on plants, the foibles and fun of academic life, and other things of interest.

Showing posts with label bromeliads. Show all posts

Showing posts with label bromeliads. Show all posts

Sheep-eating plant?

Sure. TPP calls BS on a sheep-eating plant. Puya chiliensis , a member of the pineapple family, is a tough, spiny native of the Andes. She...

Friday Fabulous Flower - Big Blue Bromeliad

This particular house/garden plant has always been reluctant to flower. While most of the tropicals flower annually, and reliably, this part...

Winter flowers - Indoor Tropical Plants

You can take the biologist out of the tropics, but you can't take the tropics out of the biologist. A number of tropical plants actually...

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