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Florida, United States
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Found mainly in the mountains of Colombia and Ecuador. Photo from Quito Botanical Gardens.
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The most common household bromeliad, with names such as Silver Vase and Urn Plant. Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver.
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A species of the Western Amazon, found mainly in Ecuador. Photo from the Sasha Lodge Reserve, eastern Ecuador.
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The Nakedstem Livingvase is widespread in the Neotropics, from southern Mexico and the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil. Lotusland, Montecito, California
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A striking bromeliad, native to southern Mexico. Jardin Etnobotanico, Cuernavaca.
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Puya coerulea var. coeruleasilver puya. In Chile, its home, silver puya grows in low valleys away from the immediate coast in a climate similar to that of California. Extremely drought-tolerant. The plant photographed grows in a private garden in Berkeley, CA.
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London, England, United Kingdom
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A close view of the flower of the Blue Chagual.
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This huge inflorescence can await as much as a decade before appearing. Lotusland, Montecito, California.
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A handsome bromeliad, endemic to Mexico. Here on a Thin-leaf Pine in the Sierra Maihuatlan.
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Native as an epiphyte in eastern Brazil, but now a garden item with countless cultivars.
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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A large bromeliad in the Condor Range, Peru-Ecuador border. Mainly reported from the Andes of Ecuador.
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Boquete District, Chiriqui, Panama
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A small shrub from the Chilean coast, one of the species known as Chaqualillos.
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An unusual bromeliad, found from northern Peru to Costa Rica. Photo from the Condor Range, Peru/Ecuador border.
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