Epiphytic bromeliad (large print)
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- Synopsis
- This image shows an Epiphytic bromeliad growing on the branch of a tree. This is the Aechmea cylindrata variety, which can grow up to 50 centimetres high.There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.You will find a tree branch going across the bottom of the page. Halfway along, the roots of the bromeliad are wrapped around it.Up from here are the plans long, pointed, green leaves growing up and out to the left and right. The plant stores the water that gathers in the overlapping leaf-base. At the top centre of the image is the bromeliads flower spike. It has individual flowers growing out to the left and right from a central stem. The flowers are magenta near the stem and pale blue at their tips. Bromeliads are native to South America. They include Pineapples and Spanish moss.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/25/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Home and Garden, Earth Sciences
- Submitted By:
- Caroline Walker
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.