Billbergia 'Beadleman' Tillandsia streptophylla Ionantha is from the Greek

Ionantha is from the Greek 'Ion' meaning purple

So you can have different shades of flowers at the same time

I have two plants for sale

Vriesea scalaris var

Billbergia 'Beadleman' Tillandsia streptophylla Ionantha is from the GreekBillbergia 'Beadleman' is a spectacular hybrid of B. 'Domingos Martin' and B. 'Hellfire' created by the god father of Billbergia's, Don Beadle. You will receive one full size pup offset. 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 plant to store