tillandsia

/ti-land-zee-uh/US // tɪˈlænd zi ə //UK // (tɪˈlændzɪə) //

绞股蓝,菊花,蘖花,畋猎

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of numerous, chiefly epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Tillandsia, including Spanish moss and many species cultivated as ornamentals.

The insects in the water which ought to nourish the Bromeliad (Tillandsia) are really used by the Utricularia.
Tillandsia, ti-land′zi-a, n. a genus of mainly epiphytic plants of the pine-apple family (Bromeliace).
We spent half-an-hour in dragging the tillandsia from the trees, and collecting the soft leaves of the pawpaws.
From some of these trees a peculiar tillandsia streams down, much like our Spanish moss,—but it is black!
It is composed almost entirely of dead cane leaves, a little Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), and a few skeletonized leaves.