Billbergia pyramidalis
| Flaming torch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Billbergia |
| Subgenus: | Billbergia subg. Billbergia
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| Species: | B. pyramidalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Billbergia pyramidalis (Sims) Lindl.
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Billbergia pyramidalis, commonly known as the flaming torch and foolproof plant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to northern South America and parts of the Caribbean.[2] It was first described by John Sims, and got its current name by John Lindley.[3]
Description
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The thick, red or pink brush-shaped flowers on an individual plant last less than one month, but nearly all plants will come into bloom at the same time in the late summer or early autumn. In some latitudes, they bloom more frequently. The scarlet-coloured, erect, pyramidal flowers are laid in thistle-like inflorescences, which are made up of red, tube-shaped flowers with violet or yellow highlights.[5]
Cultivation
Requiring minimal care, the plant is used as
Range
The species is found in moist humus rich soils or in composted leaf mould on the ground in humid areas, and as well as on rocks under shady forest trees, in countries such as, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana, the Lesser Antilles and Cuba. It is reportedly naturalised in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and on the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.[1]Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families</ref>
Cultivars
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. bicolor Lindl.
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. concolor L.B.Sm.
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. croyana E.Morren
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. farinosa E.Morren
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. lutea Leme & W. Weber
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. pyramidalis
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. striata M.B.Foster
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. vernicosa E.Pereira
- Billbergia pyramidalis var. zonata (from Vriese) E. Morren
Gallery
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Huntington Gardens, Los Angeles -
Red rosette with violet highlights -
Its clumpy characteristic
See also
- Guzmania, a genus of the same family with similar-looking plants
References
- ^ a b "Billbergia pyramidalis (Sims) Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1–476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
- ^ da Costa, A.F. & Wendt, T. (2007). Bromeliaceae na região de Macaé de Cima, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 58: 905–939.
- ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1–1192.
- ^ Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209–258.
- ^ Billbergia pyramidalis
External links
- PLANTS – Billbergia pyramidalis
- FCBS.org – illustrations
Media related to Billbergia pyramidalis at Wikimedia Commons
