This vibrant indoor plant thrives even in dark, windowless rooms — making it a perfect pick for renters, basement spaces, and ...

It’s time to save our native Florida bromeliads. They are at risk of becoming endangered because of an invasive, exotic weevil, Metamasius callizona. This weevil arrived in South Florida from Mexico ...

During an extensive sampling of the water mite fauna across the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil, a new mite genus has been proposed and diagnosed. The research also led to the discovery of a new ...

When Juliana Raposo bought a house in Carlsbad 5 years ago, she replaced its existing landscape with lush plants. “I yanked out the boring landscape and replaced it with tropical plants, especially ...

My garden includes — or has included — a range of plants from Mediterranean climates, other interesting regions and other categories. This diversity reflects my appeal for attractive blossoms or ...

The insects arrived undetected. More than 30 years ago, unsuspecting workers at a nursery in Broward County unloaded a shipment of ornamental bromeliads infested with weevils from Central America. By ...

If you yearn to create a lush, tropical look for your landscape but are concerned about water use, consider incorporating bromeliads into your plant selection. Bromeliads are colorful, low-maintenance ...

∙ Background and Aims Epiphytism imposes physiological constraints resulting from the lack of access to the nutrient sources available to ground-rooted plants. A conspicuous adaptation in response to ...

Specialists at Rio de Janeiro’s Botanical Garden have come across a rare species of bromeliad in its grounds. They named it Wittmackia aurantiolilacina, due to the orange and lilac colors of its ...

It will come as no surprise to Randy Strauss that bromeliads can be used as part of a lush tropical-style garden in the Bay Area. He planned it that way when he hired landscape designer David Feix to ...