Lynn M. Stone / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) perched in Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) with flowering Cardinal air plant (Tillandsia fasciculata). Big Cypress Swamp National Preserve, Florida, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Yucca (Yucca carnerosana) in flower with fog-shrouded Loquat leaf oak trees (Quercus rysophylla) draped with Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Tamaulipas, Sierra Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Chris Mattison / Cardinal airplant / Giant airplant (Tillandsia fasciculata) on tree trunk, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, USA

Chris Mattison / Cardinal airplant / Giant airplant (Tillandsia fasciculata) on tree trunk, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, USA