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68     terrestrial bromeliad
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The epiphytic Bromeliaceae in the images above have their evolutionary origin in a terrestrial Bromeliaceae of dry habitats, like the green Bromelia pinguin behind and below the Jacquinia tree in image DHJanzen100329.jpg above. The relative you know best is pineapple, here stacked in front of a pineapple field in Costa Rica.
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