Aechmea

Gloxinia prefer warm temperatures and medium to high light levels and high humidity. The plants thrive in high humidity and cool temperatures. This dramatic plant requires bright light and high humidity, and its flowers last for months.

The compound leaves are attached to stems that have the saw-toothed edges for which the plant was named. The agave or century plant (Agave americana) is another sharp-leaved succulent.

These perennials form clumps of stiff leaves that are linear and often curving. For example, plants in the genus Aechmea, Billbergia, Alcantarea, Bromelia, Quesnelia and Guzmania look like differently sized and colored, ornamental pineapple plants.There...

More complex rhizomes seen on species like L. Both these plants feature dark, waxy leaves similar to their Gardenia cousins & a fat caudex which will usually - though not exclusively - house Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster sp.)Amazingly, these plants maintain...