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Billbergia decora

Billbergia decora is an epiphytic bromeliad from tropical South America, grown for its striped leaves and showy flower spike. Keep it in bright indirect light with a central cup of water and well-drained, airy growing medium.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the central cup filled with fresh water and let the potting mix dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, airy epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and peat or coir.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. South America to N. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Billbergia decora is a species of flowering plant in the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Other Billbergia plants

Billbergia amoena · Billbergia distachya · Billbergia euphemiae · Billbergia horrida · Billbergia morelii · Queen's Tears · Foolproofplant · Billbergia sanderiana · Billbergia vittata · Billbergia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Billbergia decora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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