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Bromeliads are a kind of plant that live in trees (http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/plants/adapt.htm #7). They do not hurt the trees unlike the strangle fig which strangles the tree to get to the sunlight. In the rainforest it is a constant battle for the flora to get to the sunlight first.

Canon EOS 20D ISO 100 1/400 sec at f/4.0, f=75.00 mm