Billbergia nutans (Cultivated)

Billbergia nutans H.Wendl. ex Regel, Gartenflora 18: 162 1869. (Syn: Billbergia linearifolia Baker; Billbergia minuta Mez; Billbergia nutans f. rupestris Hassl.; Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana (Wittm. ex Baker) Mez; Billbergia nutans var. striata Reitz; Billbergia schimperiana Wittm. ex Baker; Billbergia schimperiana f. rupestris Hassl.);  

Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast;
Paraguay; Uruguay as per Catalogue of Life;

 

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Billbergia nutans from Delhi: Happy Friendship day.: I was just going through GRIN to know if any plant is named after friends and discovered yes Bilbergia nutans is known as friendship plant. On searching the Google images, I realized that perhaps I had this plant in some folder and ultimately got it, had photographed it from Delhi University Flower Show.

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Very interesting colour combination.

please help me to identify this plant

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Is it Ophiopogon planiscapus?

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Certain Billbergia (Bromeliaceae) species, Dave’s has a similar – http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/37426/

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It looks like Bilbergia nutans.

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Seems to be Billbergia amoena.

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This is not Billbergia amoena. If it is what you think as you will have to provide differentiating characters between amoena and nutans, …

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I feel that it is Bilbergia nutans.

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Please ignore image 4.   

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No, it isn’t. 

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Could it be some Tillandsia sp. ?

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No Tillandsia? 

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Does not seem to match with any species in efi so far at 

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Billbergia nutans H.Wendl. ex Regel ??

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To me also appears close to images at 

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Yes, Billbergia nutans. I grow this plant in my garden…all over my garden!!

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This is a plant that we share back and forth at our local swaps twice a year. It seems to live forever and multiply, thrives on neglect.

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