Leaves in a cylindrical rosette 25-50 cm long, pale green, obscurely scaled. The inside surface of the leaves has a fine waxy powder coating, which facilitates organisms falling into the water below. The scape and inflorescence is to 60 cm high, compound, laxly bipinnate to tripinnate near the base.

Venezuela

This plant is grown by members of the Carnivorous Plant Societies rather than Bromeliad Societies. Much has been written about the hunger of B. reducta which can only be described as a very passive carnivore unlike many other carnivorous plants. Many bromeliads form tanks within the leaf rosettes and thus capture water, which contains a great range of insects etc.

Source: Christensen, T.; Butcher, D. (2005). Bromeliaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.