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Does anybody know name of this plant
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I think it looks like Billbergia nutans https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/2301/i-Billbergia-nutans-i/Details?returnurl=%2Fplants%2Fgreenhouse%3Faliaspath%3D%252fplants%252fgreenhouse
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi, does anyone recognise this plant. It's not a Yucca as the leaves are thin and strappy. It's been in the pot for a couple of years, then this spring a pink shoot appeared in the middle and is now about 18 inches tall with a flower type head.
It has opened a little bit more now and there are little green buds in-between the pink petals/ leaves.
its a lovely thing and the head looks like it's going to produce a lovely flower.
I can't find the label for it and I'm wondering if I need to do anything like feed it or prepare to save any seeds it may produce?
Would appreciate your thoughts.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=billbergia+nutans&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIlb2sioeIxgIVZivbCh2dIQA0&biw=911&bih=422
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi, Dovefromabove,
sorry ive messed up with my photo and my message.
thanks for your very quick response and I can see why you would say it was a Billbergia but it's a single thick stem rather than a few thin stems so I'm not sure.
It does look like a Bilbergia, are the edges of the leaves slightly sharp as though they will cut you?
the common name is Queens tears,when the flower comes out it is almost a colour clash of pink,green and a kind of blue.
Hi Chrissy, yes you are correct the edges do look sharp but are not, but there is definitely no other colour on the plant other than pink and green, the thick stem and petals are pink and the buds are green?
Wait until the flowers open fully - some of them have wonderful bright blue edges
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks, Dovefromabove and Chrissy for tasking the time to answer, i will wait for it to open and I'll put a photo on the forum.
Queens tears does look a lovely plant so I can't wait.
What a splendid plant - I've never seen one.