Pitcairnia stevensonii

A perennial bromeliad native to Ecuador, it belongs to the Bromeliaceae family. It grows in humid tropical forests and can live as an epiphyte in tree crowns. Its foliage resembles corn leaves. Long inflorescences arch outward and hang down, bearing red bracts and yellow flowers. As in other Pitcairnia species, the flowers have separate petals and elongated stamens, and the fruit is a capsule. It is classified as vulnerable. Photographed in Ecuador.