Billbergia nutans (Queen’s Tears) on 8-11-19, #613-2.
Bromeliaceae Juss.
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The plant family Bromeliaceae was named and described by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in Genera Plantarum in 1789.
As of 12-6-23 when this page was last updated, Plants of the World Online lists 76 genera in the family. It is commonly referred to as the Bromeliad family. The Wikipedia article says there are about 80 genera and around 3,700 known species. Those numbers could change anytime updates are made.
I have grown a few Bromeliads, but the only one I have had great success with is the Billbergeria nutans.
For more information about this family of plants, please click on the links below. The links take you directly to the information about the family.
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