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Brocchinia hechtioides
About
Brocchinia hechtioides is a species of plant in the genus Brocchinia. This species is native to Venezuela and Guyana. It is one of the two or three members of the genus that appear to be carnivorous. The leaves form an urn which captures water and also serves as a pitfall trap for insects.
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Brocchinia hechtioides
- Slug
- brocchinia-hechtioides
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Brocchinia
- Species
- hechtioides
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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