Billbergia 'Alii'

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Billbergia 'Alii'
Hybrid parentage Billbergia hybrid
'Bob' × kuhlmannii
Cultivar 'Alii'

'Alii' is a hybrid cultivar of the genus Billbergia in the Bromeliad family.

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