Several bromelias are common in Florida gardens, but it appears that their identities are open to question.
| The first example is the plant that everyone KNOWS is Bromelia balansae but may be B. sylvicola ( I suggest you change your label to B. aff sylvicola - Uncle Derek) This plant in flower is a metre or so tall and the leaf rosette is 1 to 2 metres in diameter. The petals are maroon with white margins. |
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| The true Bromelia balansae is much larger, nearly 2 metres tall with leaves 4 to 7 metres long! The petals are violet with white margin. |
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| Another rather commonly grown bromelia is B. serra. Note the globose inflorescence. The plant called B. serra forma variegata is really a variegated form of B. pinguin. |
 
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I wonder whether this last sentence was a rhetorical one because I have not read about any other species being grown in "captivity". We hope that in time we will have photographs of other bromelias.
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