
Catopsis Bromeliad Plant Species
Catopsis (ka-top’sis) - Belonging to the Tillandsioideae subfamily; these plants are epiphytes and comprise about 21 known species.
They are soft leaved, smoother edged, and form graceful small rosettes.
Steyerbromelia Bromeliad Plant Species
Steyerbromelia (stayer-brom-eel’ya) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; consists of 3 species; related to Lindmania and endemic to Guayana Highlands.
Puya Bromeliad Plants
Puya (pew’ya) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; this genus, which contains about 186 species, is the oldest and most primitive of all bromeliads.
Pitcairnia Bromeliad Plant Species
Pitcairnia (pit-cair’nea) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; this genus has approximately 260 species and is one of the most striking plants, when in flower, in the Pitcairnioideae subfamily.
Pepinia Bromeliad Plant Species
Pepinia (pep-in’ee-a) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; consisting of 60 species, this is a seggregate of Pitcairnia; habitat Guayana Highlands to Western Amazonia.
Navia Bromeliad Plants
Navia (nay’vea) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; again a bromeliad from the ‘lost world’. About 104 species make up the genus and these are mainly xerophytic.
Lindmania Bromeliad Plant
Lindmania (lind-may’nya) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; there are 36 species; previously submerged in Cottendorfia.
Hechtia Bromeliad Plant
Hechtia (heck’tya) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; this group consists of 48 species and ranges in size from several centimeters to about one meter across!
Fosterella Bromeliad Plants
Fosterella (fos-ter-ell’a) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; There are 15 known species, all small terrestrial plants.
Encholirium Bromeliad Plant
Encholirium (enko-leer’ium) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; there are approximately 22 species discovered which resemble the genus Dyckia in appearance; rarely seen in cultivation.
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