Billbergia vittata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Billbergia
Subgenus: Billbergia subg. Billbergia
Species:
B. vittata
Binomial name
Billbergia vittata
Brongn. ex C.Morel[1][2]
Fruit
Plant

Billbergia vittata is a plant species in the genus Billbergia.

It is a tough hardy tubular shaped plant heavily festooned with silver trichomes in a distinctive banded pattern that boldly contrasts with the leaf pigments. The tube form is about 500 - 600mm high and retains a reservoir of water in the tube. The plant produces a brilliant red pink pendulous inflorescence with a series of small blue flowers, on whose nectar honey eaters such as the Eastern Spinebill feed.[3]

This species is native to Brazil.

Cultivars

  • Billbergia 'Bismark'
  • Billbergia 'Breauteana'
  • Billbergia 'Calophylla'
  • Billbergia 'Cappei'
  • Billbergia 'Carminea'
  • Billbergia 'Charles Webb'
  • Billbergia 'Choc Chill'
  • Billbergia 'Collevii'
  • Billbergia 'Colores'
  • Billbergia 'Dojo Master'
  • Billbergia 'Domingos Martins'
  • Billbergia 'El Jefe'
  • Billbergia 'Franz Antoine'
  • Billbergia 'Globrite'
  • Billbergia 'Grey Mist'
  • Billbergia 'Herbaultii'
  • Billbergia 'Highlight'
  • Billbergia 'Hilda Ariza'
  • Billbergia 'Intermedia'
  • Billbergia 'Joliboisii'
  • Billbergia 'Joseph Marechal'
  • Billbergia 'Lawrence'
  • Billbergia 'Leodiensis'
  • Billbergia 'Lissom'
  • Billbergia 'Magic Grace'
  • Billbergia 'Marechalii'
  • Billbergia 'Medowie Dusk'
  • Billbergia 'Misty Pink'
  • Billbergia 'Misty Steel'
  • Billbergia 'My Pleasure'
  • Billbergia 'Oberthueri'
  • Billbergia 'Olive Wills'
  • Billbergia 'Penumbra'
  • Billbergia 'Purple Smoke'
  • Billbergia 'Raffle Prize'
  • Billbergia 'Ralph Graham French'
  • Billbergia 'Red Smoke'
  • Billbergia 'Rhedonensis'
  • Billbergia 'Rosea'
  • Billbergia 'Salmon Gum'
  • Billbergia 'Salmonea'
  • Billbergia 'Silver Sheen'
  • Billbergia 'Smoke & Fire'
  • Billbergia 'Storm'
  • Billbergia 'Touch of Grey'
  • Billbergia 'Turbo'
  • Billbergia 'Ultrajactensis'
  • Billbergia 'Vittato-Nutans'
  • Billbergia 'Wind & Thunder'
  • Billbergia 'Windtalker'
  • Billbergia 'Wittmackiana'
  • Billbergia 'Zebrina Cappeana'
  • × Cryptbergia 'Hombre'

References

  1. "Billbergia vittata Brongn. ex C.Morel". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  2. "Billbergia vittata Brongn. ex C.Morel". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. "Billbergia vittata, catalogue of Bromeliad plants". www.lloydgodman.net. Retrieved 2023-11-28.


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