Mountain Plants of Venezuela, the Coastal Range, the Andes & the Tepuis - Bromeliads VIPP 7-13-20 Native to the thorn-scrub forests

Native to the thorn-scrub forests of the caatinga near Plan Alto

The foliage fronds are evergreen in this species and are quite showy

this is a perfectly typical Alcantarea imperialis

The rest of this may just be confusion

One of the ‘Turk’s Cap’ cactus family that forms a red cephalium on top of a squat

Mountain Plants of Venezuela, the Coastal Range, the Andes & the Tepuis - Bromeliads VIPP 7-13-20 Native to the thorn-scrub forestsMountain Plants Of Venezuela, The Coastal Range, The Andes & Tepuis BROMELIADS 2006. This handsome new book by Francisco Oliva Esteve is richly color illustrated and printed on high quality 150 gram, coated paper imported from Finland. Hardcover, 12 x 9 inches, 340 pages with 1290 color photos. 910 photographs of mountain plants from many families, and 300 photographs of bromeliads from throughout the Neotropics, some never before published and many