Mom Che Puteh's Garden, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. Ananas nanus (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith Bromelioideae. CN: [Malay - Nenas batu], Miniature pineapple.Synonym(s):Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. ananassoides (Baker) Coppens & F. Leal.Acanthostachys ananassoides BakerAnanas ananassoides (Baker) L. B. Sm.Ananas ananassoides var. nanus L. B. Sm.Ananas microstachys Lindm.Ananas nanus (L. B. Sm.) L. B. Sm.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?463332
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.
Dyckia lunaris E. LemeBROMELIACEAELocal: Chapada dos Veadeiros, Alto Paraso, Gois, Brasil. Ref.: Zenilton Gayoso Miranda.Agradecimento: a Zenilton Gayoso Miranda, pela ID da espcie.
Also known as Tillandsia turneri. Reported from Venezuela and adjacent Colombia. Photo from Cerro Kennedy, Santa Marta Range, northeastern Colombia. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/bromeliads/index.html