Tags: Heirloom Open Pollinated

Growing Practices: No Pesticides No Herbicides No Fungicides No Synthetic Fertilizers

Latin Name: BILLBERGIA NUTANS

Days to Maturity: VARIED

Description:

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ORGANIC STARTER PLANT OF THE QUEEN'S TEARS, FRIENDSHIP PLANT BROMELIAD
BILLBERGIA NUTANS ALSO KNOWN AS FRIENDSHIP PLANT
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Billbergia

LISTING IS FOR A STARTER PLANT OF THE QUEEN'S TEARS BROMELIAD. THIS PLANT IS A PUP REMOVED FROM THE MOTHER PLANT. THE PLANT WILL AVERAGE 8" TO 10" IN LENGTH AND BE A SINGLE FUNNEL ROSETTE. THE PHOTO IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT SEVERAL PLANTS LOOK LIKE WHEN MATURE AND IN BLOOM. PHOTOS ARE REPRESENTATIONS AND NOT THE ACTUAL PLANT YOU WILL RECEIVE.

BEAUTIFUL PLANT THAT PRODUCES A HOT PINK BRACT TERMINATING IN A RAINBOW COLORED PANNICLE. DROPS OF NECTAR EXUDE FROM THE FLOWER LIKE TEARDROPS, THUS THE NAME

LEAVES ARE A MEDIUM GREEN, FUNNEL ROSETTE AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A GREEN AND WHITE MOTTLED COLOR.

THE PLANT WILL PROBABLY NOT BLOOM THIS YEAR. BUT IF HAPPY, THE PLANT SHOULD BLOOM NEXT SPRING, BUT I CANNOT PROMISE THAT IT WILL. BLOOMING DEPENDS UPON THE GROWING CONDITIONS.

THIS IS AN EPIPHYTE. IT MAKES A GREAT HOUSEPLANT OR THE PLANT CAN BE GROWN OUTSIDE IN WARM CLIMATES IN CONTAINERS, ROCK GARDENS, TREES ETC.

THE PLANT IS TROPICAL.
NOT FREEZE HARDY. THE PLANT LIKES FILTERED LIGHT, WARMTH, HUMIDITY AND MOISTURE.
LEAVES ARE LIGHTLY SERRATTED
PERENNIAL, EPIPHYTIC, MONOCARPIC BROMELIAD
BLOOMS ONCE A YEAR AND THEN THE MOTHER PLANT WILL PRODUCE A PUP OR TWO AND DIE OFF.
USED AS AN ORNAMENTAL PLANT
PLANT IS GROWN OUTSIDE IN ZONE 9B AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE NORMAL WEATHER AND ENVIRONMENTAL BLEMISHES, WHICH WILL NOT HURT THE PLANT.
PLANT WILL BE SHIPPED BARE ROOT WITH A MOIST MEDIUM WRAPPED AROUND THE BASE. THERE WILL BE NO POT OR SOIL. THIS IS AN EPIPHYTE AND IT DOES NOT REQUIRE SOIL.
PLANT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM PACKAGING UPON RECEIPT. GLOVES ARE SUGGESTED WHEN HANDLING THE PLANT DUE TO THE SERRATION.
PLANT SHIPS FIRST CLASS USPS THE FIRST OF THE WEEK TO AVOID SITTING IN A POST OFFICE OVER A WEEKEND. SHIPS TO THE CONTIGUOUS, LOWER 48 STATES, ONLY. CANNOT BE SHIPPED TO CA OR AZ PER THOSE STATES REGULATIONS.
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Story of this Seed:

I HAVE BEEN GROWING THIS PLANT FOR SO LONG THAT I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE IT CAME FROM. EVERY YEAR WHEN I SEE THE PINK BRACTS I THINK - WOW - IT IS ALMOST SPRING TIME.

Growing Tips:

BROMELIADS ARE PRETTY HARDY PLANTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE EPIPHYTES. PACKAGE SHOULD BE OPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UPON RECEIPT. REFRESH THE PLANT BY SPRAYING WITH ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER.
IF PLANTING AS A HOUSEPLANT, YOU WILL ONLY NEED ENOUGH MEDIUM TO HOLD THE PLANT UPRIGHT. SUPPLY WARMTH, HUMIDITY AND DAPPLED LIGHT.
IF PLANTING OUTSIDE IN THE GROUND, DIG SMALL HOLE AND PLACE ROOTED IN DEEP ENOUGH TO COVER ALL ROOTS. TOO MUCH HOT SUN CAN SCALD THE PLANT. INDIRECT OR DAPPLED LIGHT IS BEST.
PLANT CAN BE USED IN CONTAINERS, ATTACHED TO TREES OR ROCKS.
I PLANT MINE IN CONTAINERS OUTSIDE UNDER SHADE TREES IN ZONE 9B.