A growing young pup of Brocchinia reducta (top) and a mature wild specimen from Venezuela (bottom). B. reducta is one of only a handful of truly carnivorous bromeliads, and it alone grows in a sort of psuedo-pitcher shape. While nearly every bromeliad species no doubt passively benefits from detritis accumulating in their tanks, only the genera Brocchinia and Catopsis have been proven to actively trap and digest insect prey.













