Billbergia vittata

Billbergia vittata
Scientific 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

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.

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

• Martinelli, Gustavo; Vieira, Cláudia Magalhães; Gonzalez, Marcos; Leitman, Paula; Piratininga, Andréa; Costa, Andrea Ferreira da; Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (January 2008). "Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação" [Bromeliaceae of the brazilian Atlantic Forest: checklist, distribution and conservation]. Rodriguésia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 59 (1): 209–258. doi:10.1590/2175-7860200859114. JSTOR 23499386.
• BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009