Rainforest Biodiversity Guide
Bromeliads
Scientific Name:
Aechmea nallyi
Category:
Plant
Primary Layer:
Canopy
Fun Facts:
This species is only known to one region of the Amazon, near Iquitos Peru. It is classified as rare, but is locally common.
A specialized herbivore, the nutmeg beetle, feeds on this bromeliad, despite its very tough leaves.
Poison dart frogs clamber from the forest floor into the canopy and lay their eggs in the water pool of this bromeliad.
