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Billbergia (for the Swedish botanist, J. G. Bill- berg). Bromeliaceae. About forty tropical American evergreen epiphytal herbs, now much cultivated by amateurs and in fancy collections. A few kinds are well known to florists. A closely allied genus is .aechmea, which see for botanical differences.
 
Billbergia (for the Swedish botanist, J. G. Bill- berg). Bromeliaceae. About forty tropical American evergreen epiphytal herbs, now much cultivated by amateurs and in fancy collections. A few kinds are well known to florists. A closely allied genus is .aechmea, which see for botanical differences.
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In the American trade the following names have been used: B. clavata longifolia, once offered by Pitcher & Manda, is probably an Aechmea—B.fasciata-.Aechmea fasciata.—B. maxima-(?).— B. ornata-(?).—B. Quesneliana-Quesnelia.—B. rhodocyana- -Aechmea fasciata.—B. stricta-(?).
 
In the American trade the following names have been used: B. clavata longifolia, once offered by Pitcher & Manda, is probably an Aechmea—B.fasciata-.Aechmea fasciata.—B. maxima-(?).— B. ornata-(?).—B. Quesneliana-Quesnelia.—B. rhodocyana- -Aechmea fasciata.—B. stricta-(?).
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Any of the following may be expected to appear in the American trade at any time: B. andegavensis. Hort., is B. thyrsoidea X Morellii: fls. red and blue.—B. Bakeri, Morr. (B. pallescens. Baker). Fls. greenish, tipped purple. B.M. 6342.—B. Breauteana, Andre (B. pallescensXvittata),has reddish, purple-limbed fls. R.H. 1885:300. —B. Bruatii, Hort. (B. Bakeri x decora). Fls. greenish, bracts red.—B. Enderi, Regel. Small: fls. very deep blue; bracts coral-red. Brazil.—B. Forgetiana, Hort. Lvs. large with bands of white on a green ground. G.C. III. 33:258..—B. iridifolia, Lindl. Fls. red and yellow, blue-tipped. Brazil. B.R. 1068.—B. Lietzei, Morr. Fls. and bracts rose. Brazil.—B. nobilis. Bull. Cat. Bracts cerise-carmine, petals green, curling spirally after flowering: Lvs. barred.—Perhaps only a form of B. decora. Poepp. & Endl.—B. Porteana, Brongn. Fls. green, the petals rolling spirally. Brazil. B.M. 6670.—B. Sanderiana, Morr. Fls. green, tipped blue. Brazil.—B. Saundersii, Bull. Fls. greenish, tipped blue: Lvs. striking, green above, reddish beneath, white-blotched and red spined. Brazil. Gt. 39:1316. L. H. B. George V. Nash.
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Any of the following may be expected to appear in the American trade at any time: B. andegavensis. Hort., is B. thyrsoidea X Morellii: fls. red and blue.—B. Bakeri, Morr. (B. pallescens. Baker). Fls. greenish, tipped purple.—B. Breauteana, Andre (B. pallescensXvittata),has reddish, purple-limbed fls.—B. Bruatii, Hort. (B. Bakeri x decora). Fls. greenish, bracts red.—B. Enderi, Regel. Small: fls. very deep blue; bracts coral-red. Brazil.—B. Forgetiana, Hort. Lvs. large with bands of white on a green ground.—B. iridifolia, Lindl. Fls. red and yellow, blue-tipped. Brazil.—B. Lietzei, Morr. Fls. and bracts rose. Brazil.—B. nobilis. Bull. Cat. Bracts cerise-carmine, petals green, curling spirally after flowering: Lvs. barred.—Perhaps only a form of B. decora. Poepp. & Endl.—B. Porteana, Brongn. Fls. green, the petals rolling spirally. Brazil..—B. Sanderiana, Morr. Fls. green, tipped blue. Brazil.—B. Saundersii, Bull. Fls. greenish, tipped blue: Lvs. striking, green above, reddish beneath, white-blotched and red spined. Brazil.
 
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