Billbergia 'Watermelon Man' Neoregelia 'Shamrock' A tried and tested hybrid

A tried and tested hybrid

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Billbergia 'Watermelon Man' Neoregelia 'Shamrock' A tried and tested hybridBillbergia 'Watermelon Man' is a hybrid from 2008 by Liza Vinzant between B. 'Pink Champagne and B. amoena 'Rubra' It is a nice fairly large growing plant with great color and a great flower spike. Billbergia's are tank type Bromeliads very similar to Neoregelia's only the leaves are arranged in a tighter whorl to form a tube, the leaves flaring out variably between species and hybrids, at the top of this tube. This tube being an adaptation by the