Florida health officials said Thursday they found the Zika virus in mosquitoes trapped in the Miami Beach area, and blamed popular tropical plants known as bromeliads. Florida also announced two more ...

Most houseplants are grown for their foliage, but if you want to add some floral color to your bathroom, then this ...

I often focus on gardening with plants that thrive in the world’s Mediterranean climates, including California, because they do well in Monterey Bay’s compatible climate. Within that category, ...

If you don't know what a bromeliad is or think you've never seen one, think again. Have you seen Spanish moss? Or a pineapple? Then, you've seen a bromeliad - both of them are in the Bromeliaceae ...

Bromeliads are a beautiful family of tropical and subtropical plants, many of which posses colorful foliage, beautiful flowers or both. With their many sizes, shapes and colors and ease of culture, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Epiphytes widely misperceived as parasites may actually protect host trees. The ctenid-spider – a bromeliad-specialist. Photo by Edd Hammill.

When Juliana Raposo bought a house in Carlsbad 5 years ago, she replaced its existing landscape with lush plants. “I yanked out the boring landscape and replaced it with tropical plants, especially ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Anyone seeing a white jacaranda (Jacaranda puberula), also known as caroba, blooming in the sandbank forest might assume that the leafy tree could not survive in such sandy soil. They would be right.

Bromeliads are tough, reliable and incredibly beautiful tropical or semi-tropical plants that possess colorful foliage, beautiful flowers or both. Very undemanding and easy to grow, their main ...