Alcantarea patriae has curling yellow petals and a bundle of long white stamens tipped with pale yellow anthers beside yellow-green buds

Alcantarea patriae

Name: Alcantarea patriae
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Native to Espírito Santo, Brazil, this large perennial bromeliad grows on sun-exposed rock outcrops in the Atlantic Forest region. Its funnel-shaped rosette stores water and can reach about 5 feet across, with a branched flowering stalk bringing the plant to about 12 feet tall. The yellow flowers have a light, sweet scent and long white stamens held together in a bundle. New plants develop from shoots around the base. Photographed in Florida.

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An Alcantarea patriae flower has broad curling yellow petals and pale projecting stamens

Alcantarea patriae bears a yellow flower with recurved petals beside a large unopened green bud

An Alcantarea patriae flower displays thick curled yellow petals surrounding long white stamens

Alcantarea patriae bears a yellow flower with long pale stamens extending beyond the curled petals

Alcantarea patriae carries many rows of yellow flowers along tall branching red stalks