The Queen's Tear, also known as Billbergia nutans, is a plant that produces pink flowers and grows in tropical rain forests. It is found in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil and in rain forests in Argentina and Uruguay, according to TropicalFlower.org. The plant has distinctive pink stems, from which hang pink or green flower clusters filled with yellow pollen. These flowers can also have purple coloring on their edges. The flowers of Queen's Tears are popular as ornamental flowers, according to TropicalFlower.org. Queen's Tears are epiphytes, which means they grow in the canopy levels of the rain forest. They make great houseplants, but you have to be careful not to over water it as the plant captures moisture on its leaves.
There are thousands varieties of orchids in the world, and some of these varieties produce beautiful, pink flowers. Commonly found in tropical rain forests throughout the world, orchids are also epiphytes, meaning they grow not in the soil of the forest floor but in the canopy on tree branches. They require more sunlight than the thick rain forest foliage allows to reach to its bottom, says orchidcaretips.com. While each species of orchid looks completely different from the next, most species of orchid have three petals. The moth orchid is one of the most common pink orchids.
Another flowering plant that lives in the tropical rain forest and produces pink blooms is torch ginger. This plant is native to the East Indies, according to TropicalFlower.org. Also known as Nicolaia elatior, Bunga Kantan or Kaala, torch ginger's pink, red-rimmed blossoms grow out of a crimson cone with yellow lips. Like the orchid and Queen's Tears, torch ginger's blooms are very popular for floral arrangements. According to TropicalFlower.org, torch ginger flowers are also used in the Noyan Malay dish laksa.
