''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

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

BSI BCR Entry for 'Windii'
BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009

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