Billbergia nutans var schimperiana purple flower taking up to three years

taking up to three years to reach its best color and form

Excellent in the landscape

large growing species from the Amazon region of Peru

with long scape bracts and a cluster of erect

Unfortunately it never caught on and has remained rather rare in cultivation

Billbergia nutans var schimperiana purple flower taking up to three yearsA 'Mini Form' of the widespread species of the far south. This form seems to be from Paraguay and was collected and brought in by several collectors including Carlyle A. Luer and Fred Fuchs, both of orchid fame. Variable, it is usually has stiff, succulent leaves with stiff spines in a miniature, stoloniferous, spreading, few leaved rosette that can vary from a few inches tall to over a foot tall. This clone came to us from the collection of Don