“Queen’s tears”

A bromeliad from the greenhouse. According to wikipedia, “it is probably one of the most common bromeliads grown.”

A couple color photos I shot a few days ago,
» http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Bromeliaceae_Billbergia_nutans_107905.html
» http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Bromeliaceae_Billbergia_nutans_107928.html

From the Missouri Botanical Garden write-up for another plant,* nutans “means to nod or nodding. Latin for swaying…”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Billbergia_nutans&rank=binomial

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

1 year ago (“Snowy abstract?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-02-16
2 years ago (“Updating our bedroom”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-02-16
3 years ago (“Late afternoon shadows (not many frames today)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-02-16
4 years ago (“Barn kitten”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-02-16
5 years ago (“Fade to Gray”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-02-16

[ IMG_9089S8x12Gtm :: f/3.2 :: 1/125" :: ISO-800 :: 60mm ]

* http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=285219

[Kim]

Striking little coils on this plant; my favorite is the first color photo.

[Jane Anderson]

The black and white helps me notice the curls, because when I look at the color versions, the color steals the show!

[Danette Thompson]

Interesting bromeliad.