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Billbergia vittata

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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

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  • 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

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  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.