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A large, variable, tank-forming species lacking discernible stems. Leaves are arranged in a rosette, leathery, grey-green with a waxy coating, 30 to 80 cm in length, forming basal cups that hold water and detritus. The inflorescence is a panicle of spikes shorter than the leaves, with bright red bracts and violet to white flowers. A highly variable species with multiple recognized varieties. In the southeastern United States (Florida), populations are threatened by the invasive Mexican bromeliad weevil (Metamasius callizona).
Found in Venezuela and Trinidad, growing as an epiphyte in humid forest at 500 to 1300 m. The type specimen was collected near Colonia Tovar in Venezuela.
A terrestrial bromeliad originally described as Cryptanthus fernseeoides. The specific epithet refers to its resemblance to species of the genus Fernseea. Transferred to Rokautskyia in 2017 based on phylogenetic revisions of the Cryptanthoid complex. Forms rosettes of leaves and occurs in the humid Atlantic Forest understory. Endemic to eastern Brazil.
Ranges across the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America, growing as an epiphyte in forest at elevations of 25 to 1,000 m.
A medium-sized stemless species forming a dense, rounded rosette of numerous fine, thread-like leaves approximately 7 cm in length. The species name means "thread-leaved." Leaf sheaths are grape-violet to chestnut-colored with small, dispersed trichomes. The inflorescence is bipinnate with many slender spikes bearing small flowers with violet petals. Grows as an epiphyte in seasonally dry tropical forests.
Known as the Twisted Air Plant, it has thick, stiff leaves that spiral around the stem. It is unique for its viviparous reproduction, producing offsets on the inflorescence.
Native to the San Martín region of Peru, growing on stony ground on steep slopes in virgin forest at about 500 m elevation. The specific epithet is dedicated to Alberto Flores, a farmer from Pucacaca who brought the species to the authors' attention.
A species distributed in the state of Espirito Santo in southeastern Brazil, growing terrestrially and epiphytically along the coast. A subspecies is also recognised.
Occurs in Cundinamarca and Valle in Colombia and in Loja in Ecuador, growing as an epiphyte in forest and on paramo between 1800 and 3300 m.
Known from the state of Bahia in eastern Brazil, where the type material was collected in the nineteenth century.
Distinctive caulescent (stem-forming) air plant with needle-like leaves resembling small pine branches. Produces spectacular scarlet-red tubular flowers. Forms long, draping clumps over time. Named after Belgian botanist Nicolas Funck.
This species is native to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina, growing as an epiphyte in dry forests at elevations of 500-850m.