Glomeropitcairnia penduliflora is a very large tank bromeliad native to the islands of Martinique and Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. The tank can be as much as 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide and up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) high, up from the middle of which comes an inflorescence up to 3 m (9.8 ft) height. According to Newman, the tank can hold as much as 114 L (25 imp gal; 30 US gal) of rainwater.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Glomeropitcairnia penduliflora being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Alcantarea imperialis
- Werauhia werckleana
- Werauhia gigantea
- Vriesea macrostachya
- Werauhia sanguinolenta
- Alcantarea glaziouana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Glomeropitcairnia
- Species
- Glomeropitcairnia penduliflora
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