Do bromeliads attract bugs?
Do bromeliads attract bugs? Unfortunately mosquitoes thrive in the same types of environments as bromeliads. They enjoy warm, humid, lightly shaded areas and require sitting water to lay and hatch eggs.
Do bromeliads attract ants?
An earlier study in natural forests showed that bromeliads can attract ants that then deter herbivorous beetles from the host trees. Forest ecosystems, however, complicate investigation.
Do hummingbirds like bromeliads?
Your local hummingbirds and butterflies will be doubly attracted, because they can feed on the flower’s nectar and drink from the water cup. Enjoy bromeliads and keep butterflying!
Are bromeliads parasites?
In their native habitat, many bromeliads grow on trees as epiphytes. All bromeliads take needed moisture and nutrients from the atmosphere and the debris that decays in their “cups.” They are not parasites and will not harm the plants to which they are attached.
