High above the rainforest floor, tiny ponds form in the leaves of plants perched on tree branches. Frogs breed in these ponds ...

Some flowering plants attract mosquitoes to your yard, making them less desirable, but knowing which ones to avoid can help ...

Hummingbird pollination helped pineapples and other bromeliads evolve into one of the world's most diverse plant families.

Hummingbirds make bromeliad plants split into new species twice as fast as other pollinators do, scientists at the University ...

If you don't know what a bromeliad is or think you've never seen one, think again. Have you seen Spanish moss? Or a pineapple? Then, you've seen a bromeliad - both of them are in the Bromeliaceae ...

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, ...

Fortunately, in a delightfully Sir Terry Pratchett-esque turn of events, the secret to coaxing more blooms may be sitting in ...

Epiphytes widely misperceived as parasites may actually protect host trees. The ctenid-spider – a bromeliad-specialist. Photo by Edd Hammill. Imagine a plant. Now remove the soil, for it’s not ...

Vivid flower stalks of soft-leaf bromeliads can brighten the house, then go outside as a foliage plant in the summer. McClatchy-Tribune Peek into the center of a wild jungle bromeliad, and you’ll find ...

As gardeners all over Northeast Ohio clutch their aching backs this spring, let us take a moment to pine for the accommodating beauty of the bromeliads. These wide-ranging members of the pineapple ...

GARDEN guru Neil Fisher says Bromeliads are one of the most underutilised plants in local gardens. Over the last few years many high profile landscapes have featured these plants for their colour ...