Tag Archives: Bromeliaceae

Wanderlust Tropics: a naturalist journey into Bromeliaceae

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Eduardo Fernandez

Neotropical most iconic plant family! Bromeliads are part of our life in several different ways, especially for those who live on the American continent, where these plants firstly evolved around a hundred millions years ago (Givnish et al. 2011). Doubtless … Continue reading →

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Ranikhet Primary School – a rainforest experience

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Alastair Culham

Today pupils from Ranikhet Primary School visited the Tropical Biodiversity Greenhouse (Part of Reading University Herbarium in the School of Biological Sciences) to see, smell, touch and draw plants that grow in the tropics, and particularly the tropical rainforest. Two … Continue reading →

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Tillandsia usneoides Spanish Moss

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Oliver

Lacking ideas this Movember? Why not take inspiration from Spanish Moss and the great Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto, from whom the plant was thought to originate. Well at least as the legend goes… Apparently Hernando De Soto pursued an Indian maiden through the forest … Continue reading →

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Tropical fruit in flower – Pineapple and Banana

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Alastair Culham

Slightly over one year from planting out our Dwarf Cavendish banana is now in full bloom and the female flowers are already beginning to develop their distinct bunches of fruit.  You can see the plant as it looked in September … Continue reading →

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