Billbergia pyramidalis Billbergia pyramidalis (Sims) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1068 1827. (Syn: Billbergia andegavensis André; Billbergia atrorosea Drapiez; Billbergia bicolor Lodd. [Illegitimate]; Billbergia croyana De Jonghe ex Lem.; Billbergia fasciata var. splendens Beer; Billbergia fastuosa (C.Morren) Beer; Billbergia lemoinei André; Billbergia loddigesii Steud.; Billbergia longifolia K.Koch & C.D.Bouché; Billbergia miniatorosea Lem.; Billbergia paxtonii Beer; Billbergia punicea Beer; Billbergia pyramidalis var. bicolor Lindl. ………….; Billbergia schultesiana Baker; Billbergia setosa Baker [Invalid]; Billbergia splendida Lem.; Billbergia thyrsoidea Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. …………..; Bromelia nudicaulis Rchb.; Bromelia pyramidalis Sims; Jonghea splendida Lem. [Invalid]; Pitcairnia fastuosa C.Morren; Tillandsia farinosa Schult. & Schult.f. [Invalid]; Aechmea setigera hort. ex E. Morren; Billbergia atropurpurea hort. ex E. Morren; Billbergia farinosa K. Koch ex E. Morren; Billbergia peruviana hort. ex E. Morren; Billbergia rhodocyanea hort. ex K. Koch & Bouché; Billbergia setosa hort. ex E. Morren; Billbergia speciosa Carrière; Billbergia thyrsoidea var. mibiato-rosea (Lem.) E. Morren; Billbergia thyrsoides De Jonghe; Billbergia tricolor hort. ex E. Morren; Jonghea croyana Lem. ex E. Morren; Jonghea splendida Lem. ex E. Morren); . Foolproof Plant, Flaming Torch, Summer Torch; . PR-23-04-11 To ID a Bromeliad,: I got the most delightful surprise today while watering my plants. This bromeliad had burst into bloom without my having noticed the bud forming. I was thinking of Billbergia sp. Looks like Freycinetia sp. to me. It is Bilbergia pyramidalis Billbergia pyramidalis var. concolor; On 1/8/09 in a park in a Hyderabad Nursery, AP.; For Id -070809Jm2 – indiantreepix | Google Groups at Jijamata Udyan on the 8th of November, 08; Billbergia Pyramidalis : Flaming Torch : AK – efloraofindia | Google Groups . Bromeliaceae: Billbergia pyramidalis: 3 high res. images. Billbergia pyramidalis from Andhra University Campus, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh , References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-221667 http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50099805 http://fcbs.org/butcher/B_pyramidalis.htm http://www.killerplants.com/plant-of-the-week/20010917.asp http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/63839/ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Foolproof%20Plant.html Updated on July 21, 2025 Related Articles Billbergia species- California, USA Billbergia macrocalyx Billbergia nutans (Cultivated)
