Manuel II
Manuel II (Manuel Palaeologus), 1350-1425, Byzantine emperor (1391-1425), son and successor of John V . In his youth he was taken captive by the Turks, and during his reign the Ottomans reduced the empire to Constantinople and its dependencies in the Peloponnesus. After the failure of the crusade of Sigismund of Hungary (later Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund) at Nikopol (1396), Manuel appealed to the West for aid and made a futile European journey (1399-1402) for that purpose. His nephew, John VII , was coemperor during that time and, with Boucicaut , defended Constantinople against the siege by Sultan Beyazid I. The victory of Timur over Beyazid at Ankara, in the same year, temporarily saved Constantinople. By 1422 the Turks were again strong enough to attack Constantinople, and in 1425 Manuel was forced to pay tribute to the sultan. Afflicted with partial paralysis in his last years, Manuel devoted himself to religious writing, entrusting the government to his son and successor, John VIII.
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Bromeliads add a touch of exotic color to any garden
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 11/17/2008; ; 700+ words
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Bromeliads give home dramatic foliage
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/25/1988; 700+ words
; ...To flower, most bromeliads need temperatures of...induced by placing the bromeliad in a sealed plastic...apple. Watering. Bromeliads should be planted in...growing season fill the bromeliad's cup, drench the...fertilizer solution. Bromeliads bloom only once. After...
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Bromeliads take the grouch out of the cold gardener.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune; 11/18/2004; 700+ words
; ...you are buying. Most bromeliads sold around the state...amount of light for the bromeliad. A pretty good rule...and nutrients. These bromeliads need the brightest...Neoregelia cruenta a large bromeliad that grows in a rosette...ground in Florida. Most bromeliads bloom only once, and...
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Bromeliads take the grouch out of the cold gardener.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...you are buying. Most bromeliads sold around the state...amount of light for the bromeliad. A pretty good rule...and nutrients. These bromeliads need the brightest...Neoregelia cruenta a large bromeliad that grows in a rosette...ground in Florida. Most bromeliads bloom only once, and...
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COLORFUL BROMELIADS THRIVE IN DRY HOMES, DAZZLE IN BRIGHT SUN.(Home Front)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 2/21/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Colorado. Buy a bromeliad. These exotic...undemanding. In fact, bromeliads are ideal house...Davis, Denver bromeliad authority, recommends two undemanding bromeliads for Colorado homes...This blushing bromeliad likes bright light and warmth. Since bromeliads lack an extensive...
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The carnivorous bromeliads.(General)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Bromeliad Society; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the carnivorous bromeliads. It may be surprising...currently known bromeliad species are carnivorous...however tank bromeliads seem so naturally...species of non-bromeliad carnivorous plants...Three species of bromeliads belonging to two...
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Hardy bromeliad is beauty of a houseplant
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 1/8/2006; ; 700+ words
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BLOOMING BRILLIANT BROMELIADS HEARTY, EXOTIC AND EASY TO GROW. BROMELIAD KNOW-HOW @.(Home Front)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/13/1997; 700+ words
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Second Bromeliad Congress set in Cagayan de Oro.(Agriculture)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 7/3/2004; 610 words
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Get involved in conservation!(Bromeliad Society International)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Bromeliad Society; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...programs that target bromeliads and/or include...preserve or restore bromeliad habitats. Local...programs to assist in Bromeliad conservation projects...the habitat of bromeliads by supporting one...data. As many bromeliad aficionados travel around to visit bromeliads in their ...
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bromeliad
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
bromeliad Any of the 1700 species of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae). Most are native to the tropics and subtropics and, besides the pineapple, include many of the larger epiphytes of trees of the rainforests.
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Pratchett, Terry
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Novels (series: Discworld; Truckers/Bromeliad) Carpet People. Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire...Truckers trilogy; in the U.S. as the Bromeliad trilogy). London, Doubleday, 1989...Gollancz, 1990. Diggers (Truckers/Bromeliad). London, Doubleday, and New York...
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Epiphytes
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...include orchids (family Orchidaceae), bromeliads (family Bromeliaceae), cacti (family...orchids and over one thousand species of bromeliads. Many animals depend on epiphytes for...Tarantulas often live within the rosettes of bromeliads, while bats, birds, and insects serve...
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Commensalism
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...significant way by this relationship. Some plants are specialized as epiphytes, for example, many species of air-plants or bromeliads (family Bromeliaceae), orchids (Orchidaceae), and ferns (Pterophyta). Many lichens, mosses, and liverworts are...
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epiphyte
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x12B;t / • n. Bot. a plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic, such as the numerous ferns, bromeliads, air plants, and orchids growing on tree trunks in tropical rain forests. DERIVATIVES: ep·i·phyt...
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