Billbergia 'Windii'

Billbergia 'Windii'
Hybrid parentage Billbergia hybrid
nutans × decora
Cultivar 'Windii'
Origin 1882

'Windii' (Bilbergia × windii, angel's tears) is a hybrid cultivar of the genus Billbergia in the Bromeliad family. It is an evergreen flowering perennial plant, epiphytic in habit, growing to 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) with pink and green flowers appearing from bracts on stems to 50 cm (20 in). In temperate regions it is grown under glass.[1]

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

Cultivars

  • 'Big Boy'
  • 'Choc Chill'
  • 'Curlew'
  • 'Deja Vu'
  • 'Ehukai'
  • 'Emile Beneux'
  • 'Fascinator'
  • 'Franz Antoine'
  • 'George Cooley'
  • 'Harmony'
  • 'Orange Queen'
  • 'Pipeline'
  • 'Social Climber'
  • 'Titan'
  • 'Wind & Sand'
  • B. × billnelia 'Georgianna Morris'

References

  1. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  2. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector Billbergia × windii AGM / RHS Gardening". Apps.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-09.