This is my 3rd year for my billbergia nutans and it is doing great! I started with one plant 3 years ago and now have about 20 plants and four will bloom this month. During the summer I transplanted three 1 year plants into a window box and each has put out at least 3 pups. Here are a few pictures.

{{gwi:524209}} Original plant is the leftmost plant. All the other plants are pups from the original. The two plants showing buds are 1 year old. One year old plants bloom and send out pups for at least two years.

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{{gwi:524212}} New bud just starting to sprout. Will take about 1 week to flower.

{{gwi:524214}} Original plant - now 3 years old and still sending out pups. This pup to the right came out in November.

{{gwi:524216}} One year plant with five pups of its own. It is just starting to sprout a flower bud (way down inside the vase - barely visible). Couldn't get a picture of the bud.