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

Joao Burini / Bromeliad (Aechmea ornata) Pico Parana State Park Paranáa, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil.

Adrian Davies / Urn plant (Aechmea fasciata) flowers in rainforest, Sabah, Borneo.

Pete Oxford / Zebra bromeliad (Aechmea zebrina) growing in canopy Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America

Kim Taylor / Bromeliad (Aechmea dichlamydia) flowering. Tobago, West Indies.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad (Aechmea tentaculifera) in flower, in montane Atlantic Rainforest of Serra Bonita Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN Serra Bonita), Camacan, Southern Bahia State, Eastern Brazil.

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

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

Chris Mattison / Flower spike of Matchstick plant (Aechmea gamosepala), endemic to southern Brazil, in cultivation. Focus-stacked image.