[Named after Billberg, a Swedish botanist.] A genus of ornamental and fragrant epiphytes (N.O. Bromeliaceæ), natives of the forests of tropical America.
1858. Penny Cycl., 2nd Supp. 66/1. Billbergia, a genus of plants … all natives of South America.
1882. Garden, 17 June, 428/2. The cultivation of Bilbergias is so very simple.
