Difference between revisions of "Billbergia amoena"

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Billbergia speciosa, Thunb. (B. amoena, Lindl. B. pallida, Ker). Lvs. strap-shaped, connivent, and forming a tube at the base, 1-2 ft. long, somewhat spine-margined, green above and lepidote and somewhat striped on the back: fl.-cluster large and loose, drooping; bracts rose; fls. pale green or whitish, tipped with blue. Brazil. —An old and well-known species.
 
Billbergia speciosa, Thunb. (B. amoena, Lindl. B. pallida, Ker). Lvs. strap-shaped, connivent, and forming a tube at the base, 1-2 ft. long, somewhat spine-margined, green above and lepidote and somewhat striped on the back: fl.-cluster large and loose, drooping; bracts rose; fls. pale green or whitish, tipped with blue. Brazil. —An old and well-known species.
 
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Billbergia speciosa, Thunb. (B. amoena, Lindl. B. pallida, Ker). Lvs. strap-shaped, connivent, and forming a tube at the base, 1-2 ft. long, somewhat spine-margined, green above and lepidote and somewhat striped on the back: fl.-cluster large and loose, drooping; bracts rose; fls. pale green or whitish, tipped with blue. Brazil. —An old and well-known species.


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