Their generic name Nidularium is derived from the Latin words nidus for nest and nidularius for nest-like and refers to the inflorescences nestling in the middle of the cistern , they hardly protrude beyond the leaf funnel. It is a bit confusing that the stem axis of the similar and closely related genus Neoregelia is much more compressed and so Neoregelia species are all much more nesting. With some Nidularium species, the shoot axes are not even compressed and the inflorescence clearly protrudes from the funnel. Usually they have very decorative colored bracts.
Nidularium species mainly grow epiphytically as perennial herbaceous plants . Sturdy leaves sit on a compressed stem axis and form funnels in which water is collected. The leaves are lightly reinforced.
The inflorescences often have strongly compressed shoot axes. The three-fold, pentacyclic (five petal circles), hermaphrodite, radial symmetry flowers are often blue or white. The ovary is subordinate.
The genus Nidularium was created in 1854 by the Belgian gardener and botanist Charles Antoine Lemaire in Le Jardin fleuriste; journal général des progrès et des intérêts horticoles et botaniques , Volume 4, Misc. 60, table 411. Type species is Nidularium fulgens Lem. Synonyms for Nidularium Lem. are: Gemellaria Pinell ex Antoine , Aregelia Kuntze , Pseudonidularium Mez , Orthonidularium Mez .
For a long time Nidularium was divided into two sub-genera, since 1998 one of them, Canistropsis , received the status of a genus (example: Canistropsis billbergioides , syn .: Nidularium billbergioides ).
There are over 40 Nidularium species, a full list according to Luther 2008:
Nidularium alegrense Leme & L. Kollmann : It wasfirst describedin 2010 from the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo . It thrives terrestrially in the montane Mata Atlântica at altitudes of around 1120 meters.
Nidularium alvimii W. Weber : It occurs only in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.
Nidularium amazonicum (Baker) Linden & E. Morren ex Lindman (Syn .: Karatas amazonica Baker , Bromelia amazonica Linden ex E. Morren , Nidularium amazonicum Linden & E. Morren , Aechmea amazonica hort. Ex André , Canistrum amazonicum (Baker) Mez , Wittrockia smithii Reitz ): It occurs in the southern Brazilian states of Paraná , Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. It thrives on the slopes of the Mata Atlântica at altitudes from 0 to 900 meters.
Nidularium bicolor (E.Pereira) Leme : It occurs in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium bocainense Leme : It occurs in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Nidularium campo-alegrense Leme : It thrives at altitudes of 700 to 1500 meters in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Parana.
Nidularium campos-portoi (LBSm.) Wanderley & BAMoreira : The two varieties occur in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo:
Nidularium campos-portoi (. LBSm) Wanderley & BAMoreira . Var campos-portoi (Syn .: Nidularium campos-portoi . (LBSm) Leme) : It grows terrestrially at altitudes of about 1000 meters.
Nidularium campos-portoi var. Robustum (E.Pereira & IAPenna) Leme : It thrives at altitudes from 0 to 300 meters.
Nidularium cariacicaense (W.Weber) Leme : It was first described in 2000 from the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. It thrives at altitudes of 80 to 700 meters.
Nidularium catarinense Leme : It was first described in 2000 from the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It thrives at altitudes of around 800 meters.
Nidularium corallinum (Leme) Leme : It was first described in 2000 from the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Nidularium espiritosantense Leme : It thrives at altitudes of around 800 meters in the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo and Bahia.
Nidularium ferdinando-coburgii Wawra (Syn .: Nidularium pedicellatum E. Pereira & Leme ): It thrives at altitudes of 1000 to 1600 meters in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium ferrugineum Leme : It was first described in 2000 from the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.
Nidularium fradense Leme : It was first described in 2000 from the Brazilian state of Rio de Janero. It thrives at altitudes of around 1200 meters.
Nidularium fulgens Lem. (Syn .: Nidularium pictum hort. Ex Baker ): It thrives at altitudes of 100 to 500 meters only in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium innocentii Lem. : (One of the most common types in collections and suitable as a houseplant. There are also some variegated varieties.) Three varieties have been described:
Nidularium innocentii Lem. var. innocentii (Syn .: Nidularium innocentii var. paxianum (Mez) LBSm. , Nidularium exostigmum Tardivo ): It is widespread in Brazil.
Nidularium innocentii var. Lineatum (Mez) LBSm. (Syn .: Nidularium lineatum Mez , Nidularium paxianum var. Lineatum ex Mez , Nidularium striatum hort Berlin ex. Mez ): You said to have been found in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.
Nidularium innocentii var. Striatum (W.Bull) Witt Mack (Syn .: Nidularium innocentii var. Bauense Reitz , Nidularium innocentii var. Luteo Rodigas , Nidularium makoyanum rule , Nidularium makoyanum E.Morren ex Baker , Nidularium Sanguinarium hort. Ex Baker , Nidularium striatum ): It is said to have been found in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.
Nidularium itatiaiae L.B.Sm. : It thrives at altitudes of 600 to 1200 meters only in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium jonesianum Leme : It thrives at altitudes of up to 800 meters in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo.
Nidularium kautskyanum Leme : It only thrives at altitudes of 900 to 1000 meters in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.
Nidularium krisgreeniae Leme (Syn .: Nidularium amazonicum var. Paulistanum Wand. & BAMoreira ): It was first described in 2000 from the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Nidularium linehamii Leme : It thrives at altitudes of around 1300 meters only in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
Nidularium longiflorum Ule (Syn .: Nidularium pauciflorum var. Sanguineum Ule , Nidularium innocentii var. Wittmackianum (Harms) LBSm. ): It thrives at altitudes of up to about 1200 meters in the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Nidularium mangaratibense Leme : It thrives at altitudes of up to 800 meters in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo.
Nidularium marigoi Leme : It thrives at altitudes between 1,300 and 2,700 meters in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo.
Nidularium meeanum Leme, wall. & Mollo : It only thrives at altitudes of over 1000 meters in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium minutum Mez : It only thrives at altitudes of 700 to 1000 meters in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Nidularium organense Leme : It was first described in 2000 from the Brazilian state of Rio de Janero. It thrives at altitudes of around 900 meters.
Nidularium pauciflorum Ule : According to the first description, it occurs in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium picinguabense Leme : It thrives at altitudes of up to about 400 meters in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Nidularium procerum Lindm. (Syn .: Nidularium gracile Tardivo , Nidularium insularis E. Pereira & Leme , Nidularium procerum var. Kermesianum (FJMüll. Ex Mez) Reitz , Nidularium terminale Ule ): This variable species thrives at altitudes of up to 1000 meters in Brazil.
Nidularium purpureum Beer (Syn .: Nidularium rubrum Beer , Nidularium wettsteinii Mez ): It thrives at altitudes of 200 to 800 meters in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais.
Nidularium rolfianum Leme : It was first described in 2009 from the Brazilian state of São Paulo. So far it has only been found as an epiphyte in the Mata Atlântica at altitudes of about 400 meters.
Nidularium rosulatum Ule (Syn .: Nidularium fulgens sensu LBSm. Non Lem. ): It occurs in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium rubens Mez : It only thrives at altitudes above 1000 meters in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Nidularium rutilans E. Morren (Syn .: Nidularium regulioides Ule ): It only thrives at altitudes of 200 to 1400 meters in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium scheremetiewii rule (Syn .: Nidularium corcovadense Ule , Nidularium neglectum hort. Ex Baker , Nidularium neglectum (Baker) Lindm. ): It thrives at altitudes of up to 1,600 meters only in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Nidularium serratum Leme (Syn .: Nidularium purpureum var. Coeruleum Pereira & Moutinho ): It only thrives at altitudes of 200 to 1700 meters in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.
Nidularium viridipetalum Leme : It was first described in 2000 from the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It thrives at altitudes of 100 to 400 meters.
Budded inflorescence of the cultivar Nidularium 'Leprosa'
use
Some species and varieties (there are also varieties with variegated leaves) are grown in specialist nurseries, and so you can find them from time to time in garden centers and flower shops. They are very suitable as indoor plants because they are very easy to care for.
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literature
Werner Rauh : Bromeliads - Tillandsias and other bromeliads worthy of culture. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8001-6371-3 .
Nidularium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.