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Bromeliads die after flowering - but produce babies for next year

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Little is known about the relationship between Enicocephalidae and plants as bromeliads, except for studies in Brazil and Peru, where the family Enicocephalidae have been reported living in Vriesea inflata (Wawra) Wawra and Tillandsia spp.

The polka-dotted frog solves that problem by living in large flowers called bromeliads. Water collects in the bromeliad, forming tiny ponds that the frog lays its eggs in.

During the midst of this record-breaking winter, those concerned with bromeliad conservation wondered if such extreme weather conditions could have an adverse effect on the Mexican bromeliad weevil population, perhaps to the extent of diminishing the damage to the bromeliads by the weevil.

In addition, several species of Sesarmidae live in phytotelmata; for example, Labuanium rotundatum Hess, 1865) is associated with treeholes (NG & LIU, 2003), Metopaulias depressus, Rathbun, 1896 and Armases angustipes, Dana, 1852 live in bromeliads (DIESEL, 1989, 1992, 1997), and Scandarma lintou, Schubart et al., 2003, Labuanium scandens Ng & Liu, 2003, Labuanium gracilipes H.

Although most leaf litter in a forest falls directly to the soil, a part of it is intercepted by tree canopies, shrubs (Lodge, 1996), understory plants (Alvarez-Sanchez and Guevara, 1999), and vascular epiphytes such as bromeliads (Lodge, 1996).

Epiphytic bromeliads inhabit relatively nutrient and water deprived environments (Luettge, 1985; Benzing, 1990; Zotz and Hietz, 2001).

Approximately half of all bromeliads are epiphytes, and plants successfully grow under such conditions due to their capability to develop strategies to intercept, absorb and store rainwater efficiently (BENZING, 2000).

More than a dozen varieties of bromeliads dot the property.