Native Bromeliads Of Florida

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc.,u.s.
Publisher Place: Sarasota
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 126 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Do bromeliads ever harm their hosts? Are they parasites? Can any of them really live on air? How many kinds live in Florida? Are the pretty ones easy to grow in my garden? This is the first book on Florida s bromeliads and will appeal to both scientists and general readers interested in the state and its unique flora.Sixteen of the world s 3400 kinds of bromeliads are found in Florida, along with two natural hybrids. These so-called air plants thrive on trees and shrubs as epiphytes, which means they have no roots in soil. They are not parasites, as they use their woody hosts only for mechanical support. Spanish moss and ball moss are found in great numbersthroughout the state (and farther north). Most of the rest prefer the warmer climate of the peninsula, many in the cypress swamp forests of south Florida, where they occur so abundantly. This long-awaited book introduces them all, with means of identification, characteristics, distribution maps, and color photographs."

ISBN: 9781561644483