About
Billbergia nutans is an evergreen perennial that develops rosettes of elongated, arching leaves with a grey-green hue. The plant produces slender stems adorned with pink bracts, from which emerge drooping racemes of flowers featuring pink tubes and reflexed tepals that are green with purple edges.
About the genus
Billbergia is a group of evergreen perennials that develop rosettes of linear or strap-like foliage. They produce clusters of tubular flowers, often accompanied by vibrant bracts.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, East-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse, Houseplants
- Habit
- Tufted
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Sub-tropical, Patio and container plants
- Native to
- Brazil to N Argentina
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow outdoors as an epiphyte or in humus-rich, sharply drained soil in frost-free location. Under glass grow as an epiphyte or in epiphytic bromeliad compost in bright indirect light. Keep the centre funnel filled with fresh water
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or by removing offsets
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insects
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free