Billbergia 'Connie Timm' VIPP 12-17-18 and long pinkish-red scape bracts

and long pinkish-red scape bracts

with very wide recurving leaves and serrate spines resembling the marnierlapostolle parent

***This species is prone to melting and rotting quickly in a typical potting mix after flowering

but is cold tender

The plant is medium to large sized to about 24 inches across in a rosette of fairly stiff

Billbergia 'Connie Timm' VIPP 12-17-18 and long pinkish-red scape bractsThis really pretty, medium sized plant is a Don Beadle hybrid of unreported parentage. It has an upright tubular shape and leaves that curl downward at the tips, green on top, heavily mottled with white and rosy red, burgundy and white mottled on the outside. The inflorescence is nodding with green flowers and bright pink bracts.