Volunteer Park Conservatory different "Tillandsia" species. The conservatory also displays terrestrial species of the bromeliad family, such as the pineapple (Ananas comosus). A fern is any plant classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta (also known as Filicophyta), a group composed of roughly 20,000 species. The conservatory's collection features a number of cycads. Other featured plants in the Fern House include a Mexican breadfruit ("Monstera deliciosa") and tropical flowers including passionflower ("Passiflora" sp.) and hibiscus. This house also features bog gardens with a collection of carnivorous plants including Venus fly traps ("Dionaea muscipula"), sundews ("Drosera" sp), pitcher plants ("Sarracenia" sp). This house within
Monstera acuminata Monstera acuminata Monstera acuminata, or shingle plant, is a species of flowering plant from Araceae family which is widespread from Mexico to Central America. It is abundant in central Petén and extends north to San Luis Potosí, making it the northernmost of the species of "Monstera." "Monstera acuminata" germinates in the ground and grows horizontally as a low prostrate herb. The juvenile plant is much smaller and heart-shaped with thick, roundish, waxy leaves which grow in two ranks and overlap each other with the stem elliptic in cross section and internodes 1–5 cm long and asymmetric leaves. When it encounters