Family: Bromeliaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Critically Imperiled
Native Range:
The West Indies,
South Florida, Central America and northern South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed by Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 274-277, with illustrations) as epiphytic on trees and shrubs around sinkholes in coppice sin the northwestern Commonwealth (region 8).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
