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Aechmea polyantha is a species of epiphytic and lithophytic South American bromeliad. They grow in the upper canopy of forests in the Brazilian Amazon and in French Guiana. They have been recorded growing on bare granite, where they form mats of roots and microorganisms such as algae, although they remain small there; larger ones stay around clumps of trees.
Aechmea abbreviata · Bromeliad · Aechmea alba · Aechmea alegrensis · Aechmea alopecurus · Aechmea amicorum · Aechmea ampla · Aechmea andersonii · Aechmea angustifolia · Aechmea apocalyptica · Aechmea aquilega · Aechmea araneosa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aechmea polyantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
