Brocchinia
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Brocchinia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Brocchinioideae, containing 20 species. The genus is named after Giovanni Battista Brocchi, Italian n
Brocchinia micrantha Habitus Bot Gard Bln 091006
Brocchinia reducta
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Brocchinia reducta is a carnivorous plant in the bromeliad family. It is native to southern Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, and Guyana, and is found in areas with nutrient-poor, high moisture soil. B. re
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…mechanisms of nutrient capture, apparently in response to the unusually infertile, heavily leached substrates of the Guayana Shield. At least two species, B. reducta and B. hechtioides, appear to be carnivorous. Like most species of Brocchinia – and indeed, of many other bromeliad genera – these two species impound…
Brocchinia reducta
Looking down the waxy rosette of a B. reducta specimen displaying looser-packed leaves
B. reducta grown outside of its natural habitat, showing looser leaves and darker pigment