Cyril Ruoso / Queen of the Andes (Puya raymondii) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru, November.

Jack Dykinga / Hectia, a tropical bromeliad, stress coloured with blades grown in interlocking patterns, in the state of Yucatan, Mexico

Pete Oxford / Forest vegetation with epiphytes growing on tree branches on the western slope of the Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador, South America

Robert Thompson / Red-eyed tree frog {Agalychnis callidryas} resting in Bromeliad flower, Nicaragua, June

Stephen Dalton / Red eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on Bromeliad leaf, Central America, controlled conditions

Rolf Nussbaumer / White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui), adult feeding on heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Jack Dykinga / Pine tree draped with moss, and a bromeliad growing on it, in the cloud forest of El Cielo Biosphere Reserve on a misty morning. Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Beaucarnea and Pseudobombax elipticum trees amongst bromeliads (Hechtia sp) in Abra Tanchipa National Park, San Lius Potosi, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Anonilla (Rollinia jimenezii), Crinum Lilies (Crinum scabrum) and ferns (Thelypteris sp) in the roots of a Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), La Tovara Wetlands, San Blas, Mexico, Central America

Jack Dykinga / Anonilla (Rollinia jimenezii) and Crinum Lilies (Crinum scabrum) in the roots of a Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), with Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) growing in the branches, La Tovara Wetlands, San Blas, M...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad {Vriesea sp} in atlantic rainforest, Serra da Graciosa, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad {Billbergia porteana} of dry caatinga region of NE Brazil, Bahia state

Pete Oxford / Valley down stream of Kaieteur Falls, Guyana, South America. Tropical rainforest

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad {Vriesea ensiformis} in atlantic rainforest, SE Brazil, Sao Paulo state

Tui De Roy / Bromeliads growing in trees along stream in Bocaina National Park, Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Epiphytic bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) in canopy. Yasuni NP, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Phil Savoie / Tree frog (Ostocephalus oophagus) in bromeliad, female lays eggs for her tadpoles to eat. Brazil, South Americal

Morley Read / Aerial shot tracking over the biologically diverse Paquisha Alla Tepuy plateau, showing endemic vegetation of dwarf palms, bromeliads and shrubs, Cordillera del Condor, Ecuador, 2017. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Panning shot of bromeliads growing in the species rich area of Alto Paquisha, a Tepuy in the Cordillera del Condor, Ecuador. (non-ex)

David Pattyn / Old trees covered with ferns, orchids and bromeliads in typical high altitude rainforest, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Fern covered trees with orchids and bromeliads, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Pichincha, Ecuador , July

Alex Hyde / Epiphytes including Bromeliads growing in cloud forest canopy, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru.

Eladio Fernandez / Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) sitting inside Bromeliad, Sierra Maestra National Park, Cuba.

Joao Burini / Bromeliads (Quesnelia sp) in the open, Ilha do Cardoso State Park, Sao Paulo, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil. August 2014

Joao Burini / Treefrog (Scinax littoralis) standing on bromeliad stalk, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil

Doug Wechsler / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) among Achupalla bromeliads a major food source; Antisanilla Reserve, Ecuador.

Doug Wechsler / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) among Achupalla bromeliads a major food source; Antisanilla Reserve, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Tapichalaca Torrenteer (Hyloscirtus tapichalaca) on a bromeliad, Tapichalaca Reserve, Loja, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Andean marsupial frog (Gastrotheca riobambae) on bromeliad, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador .

Lucas Bustamante / Tapichalaca torrenteer frog(Hyloscirtus tapichalaca) male on a bromeliad, Tapichalaca Reserve, Loja, Ecuador.

Nick Hawkins / Bromeliads on tree trunk in cloud forest. Talamanca Range, Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Costa Rica. Small repro only

Nick Hawkins / Bromeliads on tree trunks in cloud forest. Talamanca Range, Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Strawberry poison arrow frog in water inside Bromeliad plant (Dendrobates pumilio) South America

Juan Carlos Munoz / Green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) hidden in centre of bromeliad. La Paz River, The Highlands, Sarapiqui Region, Costa Rica.

Edwin Giesbers / Bromeliads growing in greenhouse, Botanic Garden Amsterdam, the Netherlands, August.

Pete Oxford / Golden / Bebbe's rocket frog (Anomaloglossus beebei) endemic species that lives in Giant tank bromeliads, Kaieteur Falls, Kaieteur National Park, Essequibo, Guyana, South America

Cyril Ruoso / Bromeliads and epiphytes in tropical mountain forest, Sierra Santa Marta NP, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) in flower in rainforest, Salto Morato Nature Reserve / RPPN Salto Morato, Guaraquecaba, Parana, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Mountainous Atlantic Rainforest with bromeliads of genus Vriesea at Serra do Mar mountains, Bananal, Sao Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Montane Atlantic Rainforest with Bromeliads (Vriesea) at Serra do Mar mountains, Bananal, Sao Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Mountainous Atlantic Rainforest with Bromeliads (Vriesea) at Serra do Mar mountains, Bananal, Sao Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliads (Aechmea nudicaulis var. aureorosea) in flower, REGUA - Reserva Ecologica Guapiacu, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil.

Tim Laman / View of the rainforest canopy from the canopy tower at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Orellana Province, Ecuador, July.

Nick Garbutt / Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) in the rainforest canopy. Serra dos Tucanos, Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil.

David Tipling / Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae sp) growing on emergent tree in rainforest canopy, near Iquitos, Amazon, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Pineapple (Ananas comosus). Detail of leaves and fruit. Pencil and watercolor painting.

Martha Holmes / Queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii) forest. Peru. June 2012.

Martha Holmes / Queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii) forest, Peru. June 2012.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliads (Aechmea blanchetiana) ecosystem of Campo Nativo (Native Field) on the margins of Barra Seca River in Vale Natural Reserve, municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad (Nidularium bicolor) Atlantic Rainforest of Itatiaia National Park, municipality of Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil.

Roland Seitre / Pineapple (Ananas comosus) plantation. Boca Tapada, Costa Rica, 2008.

Roland Seitre / Pineapple (Ananas comosus) plantation. Boca Tapada, Costa Rica, 2008.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing on live Oak tree (Quercus virginiana) Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

John Cancalosi / Pineapple (Ananas comosus) with fruit. Costa Rican tropical rainforest.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad (Puya santosii) Paramo habitat, Andean high altitude fields. Chingaza Natural National Park, municipality of La Calera, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia.

Pete Oxford / Epiphytic Bromeliads in forest canopy. Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad (Bromelia reversacantha). The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliads (Encholirium spectabile) and Xique-xiquecactus on sedimentary conglomerate rocks (on top of hills) and eroded sandstone (bottom) in Serra da Capivara National Park, municipality of Sao Raim...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Slabstone of Caatinga vegetation covered with Macambira bromeliad (Encholirium spectabile) Hotel Pedra dos Ventos, municipality of Quixada, Central Ceara State, northeastern Brazil, December 2010

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Inflorescence of a Pineapple plant (Ananas comosus) in Atlantic Rainforest near Paraty town, coast of Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. September

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad (Tillandsia gardner) flowering in the 'mata-de-cipo' of Caatinga region, municipality of Boa Nova, southeastern Bahia State, eastern Brazil. September

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad (Pitcairnia flammea) flowering in the Atlantic Rainforest at Serrinha do Alambari Environmental Protection Area, municipality of Resende, Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. April

Tim Laman / Bromeliad plant (Bromeliaceae) in flower. Native to the neotropics, cultivated specimen, San Diego, California, USA

Stephen Dalton / Bromeliad in flower in rainforest, Tobago, West Indies

Stephen Dalton / Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) in Bromeliad plant, from Central America, controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Red eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas) on bromiliad, controlled conditions

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliads (Vriesea atra) flowering on the rocky fields of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad in flower (Bromeliaceae) within the Upland Amazon Rainforest in the Eastern slopes of the Andes mountains, Cusco Department, Peru.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad (Nidularium fulgens) in flower, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad (Alcantarea nahoumii) growing on mountainous landscape with city in background, Estado da Bahia, Brazil.

Stephen Dalton / Red-eyed tree frog {Agalychnis callidryas} sitting on Bromeliad leaf, controlled conditions, from Central America

Patricio Robles Gil / Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male tail feathers protruding from nest hole in tree, green colour enable them to mimic bromeliad leaves, El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur,...

Patricio Robles Gil / Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male tail feathers protruding from nest hole in tree, green colour enable them to mimic bromeliad leaves, El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur,...

Patricio Robles Gil / Horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus) perched in tree, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, Endangered species

Patricio Robles Gil / Horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus) perched in tree, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, Endangered species

Patricio Robles Gil / Snake resting at the base of bromeliad plant, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Cloudforest tree canopy, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Trees supporting Bromeliads in Cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Trees supporting Bromeliads in Cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Cloudforest tree canopy, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Bromeliad growing on tree trunk in cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Flowering bromeliad growing on tree in cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Bromeliads growing on tree branches in cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Bromeliads growing on tree branches in cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Silhouette of bromeliads growing on tree branches in cloudforest with moon in background, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Silhouette of bromeliads growing on tree branches in cloudforest with moon in background, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Bromeliads growing on tree trunk in cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April

Patricio Robles Gil / Jack Dykinga photographing a tree fern in the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, for the ILCP Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE) April 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Bromeliad flowers {Bromelia sp} in pine oak forest, Northern Sierra, Oaxaca, Mexico

Edwin Giesbers / Red eyed Tree Frog {Agalychnis callidryas} on Bromeliad, Costa Rica

Alan Watson / Bromeliads and stilt-rooted Red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) at low tide, Coqui, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia

Robert Thompson / Red-eyed tree frog {Agalychnis callidryas} resting in Bromeliad, Nicaragua, June

Claudio Contreras / Red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas) sitting on bromeliad leaf in rainforest, Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, August