Billbergia nutans, or Queen's-tears, is an epiphytic bromeliad native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.
This plant is often used as an ornamental plant.
Varieties
Two varieties are recognized:
- Billbergia nutans var. nutans â Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina
- Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana <small>(Wittm. ex Baker) Mez</small> â Brazil, Paraguay
Cultivars
- Billbergia 'Albertii'
- Billbergia 'Baraquiniano-Nutans'
- Billbergia 'Beadleberg'
- Billbergia 'Blireiana'
- Billbergia 'Candy'
- Billbergia 'Carminea'
- Billbergia 'Elvenia Slosson'
- Billbergia 'Frau Pia Roesslein'
- Billbergia 'Hoelscheriana'
- Billbergia 'Intermedia'
- Billbergia 'Ivey Meyer'
- Billbergia 'Joseph Marechal'
- Billbergia 'Kahibah'
- Billbergia 'Leodiensis'
- Billbergia 'Lissom'
- Billbergia 'Marechalii'
- Billbergia 'Morreniana'
- Billbergia 'Pioupionii'
- Billbergia 'Rosea'
- Billbergia 'Rubro-Cyanea'
- Billbergia 'Salmonea'
- Billbergia 'Theodore L. Mead'
- Billbergia 'Ultrajactensis'
- Billbergia 'Vittato-Nutans'
- Billbergia 'Wantenii'
- Billbergia 'Windii'
- Billbergia 'Worleana'
- ÃÂ Billmea 'Emma Francis Stewart'
- ÃÂ Billnelia 'Fred Eichholtz'
- ÃÂ Billnelia 'Perringiana'
- ÃÂ Cryptbergia 'Mead'
- ÃÂ Cryptbergia 'Pinkie'
- ÃÂ Cryptbergia 'Red Burst'
- ÃÂ Cryptbergia 'Rubra'
- ÃÂ Neobergia 'Noddy'
- ÃÂ Neobergia 'Perneri'
- ÃÂ Nidbergia 'Chas Hodgson'
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