Billbergia Windii

A colorful form of this species has green, cream and pink striped leaves and a smaller species has grayish-green leaves surrounding a 15-inch spike of red buds.These are some of the most popular bromeliad houseplants.

A few other garden plants display a basal leaf form or singular flower stalk reminiscent of the pineapple, but closer inspection reveals it's not.The flower stalk emerges from the pineapple plant's rosette of leaves.Thousands of other bromeliads closely...