Billbergia porteana Size:Offset splashed with darker markings

splashed with darker markings

The albomarginated leaves are about an inch wide and are covered with tiny magenta speckles

Native to the coastal parts of Brazil near Rio where it can be seen in large colonies on rocky cliffs and inselbergs

A Amaryllis relative from Ecuador

which are terete and taper to a fine point are green with a slight gray wash of trichomes

Billbergia porteana Size:Offset splashed with darker markingsA spectacular, large growing helicoid reaching nearly 3 feet tall with a pendant inflorescence bearing huge pink bracts and showy green and blue flowers. These are seed grown plants. Our seeds were sourced from Lucas Assis who says: They were collected in two locations in Minas Gerais state, in Brazil: Santana do Riacho and Morro do Pilar. Both locations are in cerrado formations (savannah) and transition of cerrado to atlantic rainforest. Because it