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Vriesea friburgensis is a bromeliad epiphyte from South America that grows perched on trees rather than in soil. Its key needs are bright, filtered light, a loose airy mix, and water kept in the central tank.
Vriesea friburgensis is a speciees of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is an epiphyte native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
The large infructescences of the plant dry up and may remain standing for a year or more, during which time they are inhabited by a variety of insect species and other arthropods. Several species of ants, termites, and bees build nests in the dry fruiting structure. Surveys have revealed the nests of ants in the genera Camponotus, Pseudomyrmex, and Solenopsis, and termites of the genera Cortaritermes and Velocitermes. Other inhabitants of the plant include giant butterfly-moths, hoverflies, beetles, pseudoscorpions, springtails, and spiders.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vriesea friburgensis 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.
