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Bromelia humilis
Bromelia humilis is a small, low-growing bromeliad from the pineapple family, native to dry tropical lowlands from Aruba to Trinidad and northern Venezuela. It is grown for its spiny, rosette-forming leaves and needs full sun and well-drained soil.
Bromelia humilis, the dwarf bromelia, is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Netherlands Antilles.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromelia humilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
