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Accession Data:

Billbergia lietzei E. Morren

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil (Espirito Santo) endemic
  • Habitat: epiphytic

  • USDA Zone: 9-11?

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2018
2017
2016
2015

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500030
  • Source: Dee Dee Bundy via Art Scarpa
  • Accession Date: 04-17-2015
  • Bench: 3306 - NEOB: StarSteel 3x12
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-02-2018

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Bromeliaceae
  • SubFamily: Bromelioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 April 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 20 March 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:23:48 -0400

Images:

Billbergia lietzei

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Current Accessions in the Bromeliaceae

Subfamily Brochinioideae

  • Brocchinia reducta

Subfamily Bromelioideae

  • Acanthostachys strobilacea
  • Aechmea allenii
  • Aechmea brevicollis
  • Aechmea chantinii
  • Aechmea fasciata
  • Aechmea recurvata
  • Ananas bracteatus `Striatus'
  • Ananas comosus
  • Billbergia distachia
  • Billbergia lietzei
  • Billbergia magnifica
  • Billbergia nutans
  • Billbergia porteana
  • Billbergia pyramidalis
  • Cryptanthus bivittatus
  • Cryptanthus cf. seidelianus
  • Neoregelia ampullacea
  • Neoregelia carolinae
  • Neoregelia lilliputiana
  • Neoregelia spectabilis
  • Neoregelia tigrina
  • Neoregelia zonata
  • Nidularium innocentii
  • Nidularium microps
  • Ochagavia carnea
  • Orthophytum gurkenii
  • Portea petropolitana

Subfamily Hechtioideae

  • Hechtia glomerata

Subfamily Navioideae

  • Navia sp.

Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

  • Deuterocohnia brevifolia
  • Dyckia brevifolia
  • Dyckia fosteriana
  • Fosterella penduliflora
  • Pitcairnia heterophylla
  • Pitcairnia xanthocalyx

Subfamily Puyoideae

  • Puya laxa
  • Puya mirabilis W/C

Subfamily Tillandsioideae

  • Catopsis sp.
  • Tillandsia baileyi
  • Tillandsia brachycaulos
  • Tillandsia bulbosa
  • Tillandsia ionantha
  • Tillandsia purpurea
  • Tillandsia recurvata
  • Tillandsia simulata
  • Tillandsia simulata
  • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest
  • Tillandsia unidentified
  • Tillandsia usneoides
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia xerographica
  • Vriesea fosteriana
  • Vriesea splendens
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 10 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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