Billbergia tessmannii DYCKIA A handsome hybrid by Chester

A handsome hybrid by Chester Skotak that looks more reminiscent of the fasciata parent

is being stripped from the forests surrounding its native Rio de Janeiro

and we are offering large offsets

Brazil in 1948 and was described by Lyman Smith

It grows to about 12 to 16 inches across with very spiny leaves with a lavender-pink center flush at anthesis and offsets produced on stolons

Billbergia tessmannii DYCKIA A handsome hybrid by ChesterThis is a dramatic, large growing species from the Amazon region of Peru, Loreto province in the vicinity of Iquitos. Tall, flaring tubes of silvery green with bold silver banding. The leaves are fairly stiff and long and taper to a thin point. Marginal spines are moderate. As a helicoid species, the inflorescence is spectacular; pendant to well below the base of the plant, bold pink bracts, pinkish ovaries and clock spring petals that are gray on the