Billbergia violacea Brom-L #405 sparingly Native to seasonally dry forests

Native to seasonally dry forests where they receive abundant sun and good air circulation

that is until it was given scientific treatment and was declared a new species in its own right

but fairly stiff and gray- silver

The green leaves are margined with yellow white variegation

A medium-large plant with an upright funnelform rosette shape of stiff

Billbergia violacea Brom-L #405 sparingly Native to seasonally dry forestsOne of the spectacular helicoid Billbergias that have beautiful pendant inflorescences with large flowers and showy bracts. This species is widespread in the Amazon basin from they Guyanas across Brazil to Bolivia and is nowhere common. A tall, tubular species with thick, leathery leaves with stout marginal spines. Few leaves in the upright rosette which forms a tube then flares out with several very long leaves. The color is brownish in good light