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hygroscopy
Hygroscopy is the phenomenon of attracting and holding water molecules via either absorption or adsorption from the surrounding environment, which is usually at normal or room temperature. If water molecules become suspended among the substance's molecules, adsorbing substances can become physically changed, e.g. changing in volume, boiling point, viscosity or some other physical characteristic or property of the substance. For example, a finely dispersed hygroscopic powder, such as a salt, may become clumpy over time due to collection of moisture from the surrounding environment.
Tillandsia
Tillandsia is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of the Neotropics, from northern Mexico and the southeastern United States to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to central Argentina. Their leaves, more or less silvery in color, are covered with specialized cells (trichomes) capable of rapidly absorbing water that gathers on them.
Tillandsia usneoides
species of plant
Tillandsia ionantha
species of plant
Tillandsia caput-medusae
species of plant
Tillandsia recurvata
species of plant
Tillandsia bulbosa
species of plant
Tillandsia xerographica
species of plant
Tillandsia aeranthos
species of plant
Tillandsia purpurea
species of plant
Tillandsia utriculata
species of plant
Tillandsia albida
species of plant
Tillandsia turneri
species of plant
Tillandsia pruinosa
species of plant
Tillandsia fasciculata
species of plant
Tillandsia schiedeana
species of plant
Tillandsia oaxacana
species of plant
Tillandsia fuchsii
species of plant
Tillandsia pohliana
species of plant
Tillandsia capillaris
species of plant
Tillandsia latifolia
species of plant
Tillandsia bergeri
species of plant
Tillandsia edithae
species of plant
Tillandsia butzii
species of plant
Tillandsia delicata
species of plant
Tillandsia paleacea
species of plant
Tillandsia circinnatioides
species of plant
Tillandsia stricta
species of plant
Tillandsia karwinskyana
species of plant
Tillandsia seleriana
species of plant
Tillandsia extensa
species of plant
Tillandsia streptophylla
species of plant
Tillandsia baileyi
species of plant
Tillandsia brachycaulos
species of plant
Tillandsia streptocarpa
species of plant
Tillandsia filifolia
species of plant
Tillandsia cacticola
species of plant
Tillandsia suescana
species of plant
Tillandsia australis
species of plant
Tillandsia landbeckii
species of plant
Tillandsia macdougallii
species of plant
Tillandsia biflora
species of plant
Tillandsia polystachia
species of plant
Tillandsia harrisii
species of plant
Tillandsia tovarensis
species of plant
Tillandsia roland-gosselinii
species of plant
Tillandsia araujei
species of plant
Tillandsia matudae
species of plant
Tillandsia recurvifolia
species of plant
Tillandsia acuminata
species of plant
Tillandsia kautskyi
species of plant
Tillandsia paraensis
species of plant
Tillandsia paucifolia
species of plant
Tillandsia gardneri
species of plant
Tillandsia kammii
species of plant
Tillandsia chiapensis
species of plant
Tillandsia bourgaei
species of plant
Tillandsia chlorophylla
species of plant
Tillandsia duratii
species of plant
Tillandsia leucolepis
species of plant