Morley Read / Tropical flat snake (Siphlophis compressus) climbing on a flowering bromeliad (Aechmea) in the Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca orophylax) hiding in bromeliad, native to South America

Cyril Ruoso / Puya flowers (Puya sp) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru.

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

Cyril Ruoso / Giant humming bird (Patagona gigas) feeding from Queen of the Andes (Puya raymondii) flowers, Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru, November.

Scott Leslie / Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) amid curtain of Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Florida

Cyril Ruoso / Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) pair flowering, Pacaya Samiria National Park, Peru

Pete Oxford / Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) in flooded igapo forest, Cocaya River, eastern Amazon, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Tiger's Treefrog (Hyloscirtus tigrinus) on bromeliad, new species discovered in 2007, Colombia

Kerstin Hinze / Bromeliad flower (Guzmania sp) flowering indoor house plant

Thomas Marent / Harlequin Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates histrionicus) on bromeliad, Cauca, Colombia

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...