Epiphyte: Cochliostema odoratissimum. In the wild, plants grow as epiphytes.

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Epiphyte, Cochliostema odoratissimum is native to; Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. It is a False Bromeliad, a type of tank-epiphyte, which collects water at the center of the plant in a pool formed by the leaf bases. The blue-violet flowers, with their fringed petals, are borne in large thryses, or branching flower heads.

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Keywords: blooming, bromeliad, cochliostema, commelinaceae, epiphyte, epiphytes, false, flowering, odoratissimum, spiderwort