I'm here sampling this bromeliad. I have to find out what lives in it.

我给这棵凤梨取样看看都有什么里面安家。

If I would be a frog, I would like that bromeliad.

如果我是树蛙，我会喜欢种凤梨。”

Bromeliads are known as the best residential areas for the great hanging city.

凤梨是这悬浮城市中最佳的住所。

Take ferns and bromeliads—the family that includes Spanish moss and pineapple plants.

以蕨类植和凤梨植为例，凤梨植包括西班牙苔藓和菠萝。

And of course, birds and amphibians lay their eggs up there in the bromeliads.

当然，鸟类和两栖动里的凤梨植里产卵。

Growers should feed their air plants with any all-purpose houseplant, bromeliad or orchid fertilizer.

种植者应该用任何通用的室内植、凤梨植或兰花肥料来喂养他们的气生植。

But not just any bromeliad pool will do.

但并不是每个凤梨水池都有雄蛙。

It likes to hang out in the little ponds that form in cavities within bromeliad plants.

它喜欢待凤梨植中小洞注水形成的小水池里。

But the very largest bromeliads were unoccupied by the frogs, which suggests there's a Goldilocks situation.

但特别大的凤梨却并没有被树蛙占领，这说明其中存“金发姑娘原则”（刚刚好就是最适合的）。

He is in a much better position to collect some of the citizens in the bromeliad.

他的位置要收凤梨上面居民就方便多了。

Turns out, after a twelve-hour test, it was the bromeliad that scrubbed the most chemicals from the air.

十二个小时的测试结果表明，凤梨最能吸收空气中的有毒气体。

A male finds a bromeliad and attracts a female, who lays her eggs directly into the water.

雄蛙发现凤梨植后会此吸引雌蛙，雌蛙会直接将卵产水中。

But we won't find just insect larvae in these bromeliads, we will also find tadpoles.

不过我们这些凤梨植中可不仅会发现昆虫幼虫我们还能发现蝌蚪。

And on land, mahogany and oak trees provide a habitat for other plants to grow, like bromeliads and ferns.

陆地上，桃花心木和橡树为凤梨植和蕨类植等其他植的生长提供了栖息地。

If the bromeliad's water tank is too large, then the frog's head can't form a tight seal around the opening.

如果凤梨水池太大，树蛙的头部就不能形成紧紧锁住凤梨孔的密封盖。

And of course, birds and amphibians lay their eggs up there in the bromeliads.

当然，鸟类和两栖动也凤梨植中产卵。

Pitfall traps are the standard passive trap used  by things like pitcher plants and bromeliads.

陷阱是猪笼草和凤梨动使用的标准被动陷阱。

Pitfall traps are the standard passive trap used by things like pitcher plants and bromeliads.

陷阱陷阱是 猪笼草和凤梨植使用的标准被动陷阱。

They form marvelous hanging gardens in the Amazon forest and fascinate many entomologists because bromeliads form their own special micro-habitat.

它们亚马逊森林里形成了瑰丽的悬浮花园这迷住了无数昆虫家因为凤梨能形成自己的微生态系统。

The biggest bromeliads can contain up to 8 quarts of water, so these tree tops' gardens are actually little swamps.

最大的凤梨能装下8夸脱水所以这些树顶花园其实是小沼泽。