Billbergia nutans (Queen’s Tears) on 7-21-24, #1008-1.
Billbergia nutans (Queen’s Tears) on 7-21-24, #1008-1.
Silent Sunday: Billbergia nutans (Queen’s Tears)
The Belmont Rooster
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Billbergia nutans (Queen’s Tears) on 7-21-24, #1008-1.
Billbergia nutans (Queen’s Tears) on 7-21-24, #1008-1.
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What a pretty thing! This is a new one for me; I’m glad its blooming for you so nicely.
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Hello Linda! Of all the Bromeliads I have tried, this one is time-tested. 🙂 It even produces flowers in the basement during the winter! Take care and thanks for the comment!
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Beautiful.
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Hello Bukenya! Indeed she is! Take care and thanks for the comment!
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Thanks for introducing this plant which is a bromeliad and never heard of it before.
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Hello Maria! It is quite a plant and can outgrow its pot very fast! You should try it! Take care and thanks for the comment!
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How unusual. Very nice.
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Hello Linda! It is quite a plant! Take care and thanks for the comment!
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Those are so unique. I have some plants in that family and they bloom in the fall.
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Hello Judy! Its flowers are very weird which makes it more interesting. It seems to bloom whenever it wants, even in the basement over the winter. Take care and thanks for the comment!
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cool plant!
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Hello there! It is definitely a cool plant! Take care and thanks for the comment!
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I am not sure, but I have a plant also called Bill. nutans, but with a different architecture and slightly different bloom spike. The foliage on mine are more strict and upright, resembling a tuft of erect grass, while the floral spikes may be also more diminutive and less flamboyant, but greater in number. I have seen offers of both forms of this specie on the interweb, but what now strikes me as another differing feature is how late yer’s is performing!! Mid Summer!! Wow!! (Wish mine did!) Mine throw out their fireworks in late Winter/Earliest Spring….like clockwork and reliably, but well before the migrating hummers return. After some half hearted searching, I’ve assumed there are two varieties of this specie, but with yer post, I once again find my mind inquiring if’n we’re not culturing two different species? My Quixotic Quest is rekindled, now, and I once again have a mission in life!!
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Hello there! This one even blooms in the basement over the winter. I would recommend going to iNaturalist and uploading a photo(s) of yours to get suggestions as to what species it is. It is addictive! I would like to know what you find out! Take care and thanks for the comment!
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