It’s a question that tropical plant experts like Angel A. Lara hear regularly, particularly from those who have put other houseplants in jeopardy by subjecting them to this kind of no-frills regimen.

Bromeliads are beautiful tropical or semitropical plants that possess colorful foliage, beautiful flowers or both. One type, the pineapple, even produces edible fruit. With their many shapes and ...

You don't forget your first puya. In Quail Botanical Gardens in San Diego County about 20 years ago, we came upon an apparition: Out of a bristly rosette of basal leaves rose a head-high stalk of ...

Although we generally grow bromeliads in containers for convenience, in nature these plants are typically epiphytes — plants that grow on trees but are not parasites. The water-holding, vaselike shape ...

Imagine walking through a tropical rain forest with lush green plants and colorful bromeliads growing in the trees over your head. Do you think it is possible to create this look in Tallahassee? With ...

“Which houseplants can adapt to low light and don’t require frequent watering, but will flower anyway?” It’s a question that tropical plant experts like Angel A. Lara hear regularly, particularly from ...

Bromeliads are a beautiful family of tropical and subtropical plants. Most bromeliads possess colorful foliage, beautiful flowers or both. With their many sizes, shapes, colors and ease of culture, ...

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. So, what did Columbus do in 1493? He discovered pineapple and brought it back to Spain from the West Indies (with origins in Brazil and ...

Everything tropical is in demand right now. Perhaps it's because of the Maui or Fiji vacations that we have missed due to the pandemic, but everything from tropical summertime drinks to tropical home ...

There is considerable diversity within the Bromeliad family. Earlier this week, Brian Kemble provided a photographic tour of Puyas, which he calls “Bromeliad Royalty,” for the Monterey Bay Area Cactus ...