Guzmania sanguinea
Some bromeliads are referred to as tank plants because their tightly overlapping leaves turn the center of the plant into a little water reservoir. The biggest ones can hold up to 12 gallons of water. Insects, frogs and even crabs depend on the water collected by bromeliads to survive in dry weather.
Vireya rhododendron
Victorian collectors considered a garden full of rhododendrons to be the height of fashion and an important measure of one's social respectability. The vireya rhododendron became wildly popular when it was introduced to England in 1845. It is believed that more than 500 hybrids were created, but most were lost during World War I.
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