Billbergia Bromeliad Species, Friendship Plant, Queen�s-Tears (Billbergia nutans)

by palmbob Mar 21, 2004 11:55 AM

Leaves

An easy bromeliad. Mine thrive outside in winter, and even tolerate an occaisional frost.

Bud appearing, April 2003.

Pods after flowering. June 2003

This is an exquisite plant. The blooms are beautiful no matter what the stage.

Growing in Santa Barbara, California March

Bride's Tears used in a hanging container.

Flower detail for "Queen's Tears" (Billbergia nutans)

Queen�s Tears, Friendship Plant, Hardy Queen's Tears IBillbergia nutans var. nutans) has beautiful blooms and is lovely even when not in bloom. The long pink bracts add color to the winter landscape.

nutants

Taken Christmas Eve 2006

Luthy Botanical Garden, Peoria, IL 4-6-07

At Filoli.

Taken inside a tropical conservatory @ Amarillo Botanical Gardens

Lovely, gracefully arching Hardy Queen's Tears, Hardy Friendship Plant (Billbergia nutans) blooms "glowing" in late afternoon sunlight adding wonderful color to my landscape in the winter

My client found this Queens Tear behind her house in a swampy area gave me a start and it finally bloomed

Blooming March 1, 2009

Billbergia nutans

Queen�s Tears in a garden in Tyers, Victoria, Australia, May 2009

blooming in my unheated greenhouse 2/4/2012

Hardy Friendship Plant or Queen's Tears thrives in part shade on south facing porch

I was delighted to find this Billbergia nutans bromeliad "Queen's Tears" growing out of the trunk of a Totara tree at the bottom of my garden in New Zealand

The beautiful flowers of the Billbergia nutans "Queen's Tears" growing in the trunk of a Totara tree at the bottom of my garden

Growing in a hanging basket. Richmond TX, z9a, 02/03/2013

Blooms. Richmond TX, z9a, 02/03/2013

"Friendship Plant" just starting to bloom. This plant gets bigger & bigger every year, with more blooms every year!

"Friendship Plant" growing in my East facing semi-shade garden (morning sun only).

Plant given to me 4-5 years ago. 1st time to bloom May 2013.

First bloom on a new pup

First bloom

Grows in my garden, in a partly shaded place. Kibbutz Nirim, Israel.

Photo courtesy and copyright of Cok Grootscholten of Succulent Nursery, Holland, a nursery and formidable private succulent collection. http://public.fotki.com/Grootscholten/plant-collections/