How to Use bromeliad in a Sentence

bromeliad

noun
  • Flush out the centers of bromeliad plants in the ground.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The bromeliads in the trees and the variety of plant life was fascinating.
    Nina Burleigh, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2020
  • High in the misty mountains of Honduras, the world looks primeval, with glistening pine trees draped in moss and leafy bromeliads.
    Jonathan Kolby, National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2016
  • Many bromeliads are sensitive to full sun exposure and start to bake when the shade is lost.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Orchids and bromeliads reverse the process at night and in a bedroom will keep the air well oxygenated.
    Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The event will feature exhibits of at least 20 varieties of bromeliads, many of which are known as air plants.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • Orchids, hoa mai trees and bromeliads are popular blooms this time of year.
    Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The World of Avatar is filled with plants from Pandora, woven amid the bromeliads, ferns, agave and other real-life plants.
    Marjie Lambert, miamiherald, 16 June 2017
  • After flowering, bromeliads die, but this can take a long time.
    Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
  • Note such treatment affects all bromeliads within the spray.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 20 July 2019
  • That’s the word used to describe similar sprouts coming up around a mature bromeliad plant.
    Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The smell of decay hangs in the humid air as shards of light pierce the dense cypress canopy, illuminating patches of fern and bromeliad.
    Adam H. Graham, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The trees had epiphytes, ferns, bromeliads, and orchids running up their trunks, adding a furry, Dr. Seuss quality to them.
    John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • A major source of standing water is the bromeliad, a common decorative plant that looks like the top of a pineapple.
    Devi Shastri, jsonline.com, 13 July 2017
  • The bromeliad from The Sill thrives in bright indirect light and only requires misting two to three times a week and watering every one to two weeks.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • Members and vendors will also be selling many types of bromeliads.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • Members will also show and discuss their own bromeliads.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Capable of growing up to fifty feet tall, this eye-catching organism serves as the earth’s largest bromeliad.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Guests can find everything from bonsai trees to bromeliads and bamboo.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Other ground covers might include ivy, ferns and bromeliads for the shady locations.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • A: Bromeliads aren’t fussy and seem to be happy overflowing their containers.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 June 2017
  • The path, sometimes manicured with paving stones, sometimes a muddy track, wound through thick cloud forests and was dotted with mosses, ferns, and bromeliads.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Move orchids and bromeliads outdoors to a shady location.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • There are bromeliad towers and elephant ears, and dashes of purple and orange plants galore.
    Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • This weekend is the last chance to take in the 5,000-plus orchids that have been mingling with the bromeliad, palm and cactus residents at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
    New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The fair will offer both native and exotic plans from all over the state including orchids, air plants, fruit trees, bamboo and bromeliads.
    Jerry Fallstrom, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • It’s ringed by bromeliads that resemble pink pineapples.
    Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The team looked at bromeliads in plantations—some of which had been treated with insecticides for more than twenty years—and in untreated forests.
    Jake Buehler, National Geographic, 31 May 2019
  • Add Mosquito Bits granules to the center of bromeliads where water collects.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • This family of cacti are epiphytic plants found growing in the rain forest, sharing space with orchids and bromeliads, not in sandy, dry deserts.
    Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 20 Nov. 2023

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