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(updated June 15) Dear Valued Bromeliad Society International Members: It is hard to believe our first fund raising campaign, BSI 66 Fund, is nearing an end. It started a year ago at the end of the 2016 World Bromeliad Conference.  Inspired by a $25,000 anonymous, matching challenge from one of our members, for BSI to raise the same amount from […]

An article was published in the (BSI) Journal and can be downloaded here. After the publication of this article, the Gainesville Bromeliad Society has corrected the Hydrogen Peroxide formula shown on page 277 as follows: Use one tablespoon of 3% pharmaceutical grade (for example, CVS or Walgreens) Hydrogen Peroxide per gallon of water (see http://www.gainesvillebromeliadsociety.org/Partners.html for additional information). There is […]

We are very happy to present this new issue [V65(4)] of the Journal to you. Sorry that it took so long to get the last issue of 2015 out. The first issues for 2016 (volume 66) will be coming out soon as well as the missing combined issue 63(3-6). Check out the member only menu to download or view the […]

BSI World Conference – open to the public Friday June 17th  9:00 am to 5:00 pm & Saturday June 18th 9:00 am to 4:00 pm – Westin Galleria, Houston, TX

Conference Pre-Registration deadline is now extended to June 1st  Advertisement purchases for the WBC Program deadline is now extended to May 15th Texas BBQ deadline is now extended to June 1st

All Journal issues are scanned and available in PDF format. The last volume that was scanned is V49 (1999). The gap of volume 37 – 49 is closed now, but the first 2 volumes are in lower resolution and without OCR, so these will be redone in time. Hope you enjoy.

CONTENTS Conference Corner……….147 – Bonnie Boutwell An overview of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution (BromEvo)……….152 – Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon, Marccus Alves, Rafael Louzada A new Alcantarea species from Espírito Santo, Brazil……….156 – Elton M.C. Leme & Ludovic J.C. Kollmann In the field with Ursulaea……….166 – Andy Siekkinen A photo gallery of Ursulaea……….179 – Andy Siekkinen & Alan Herndon […]

Exciting News! We have extended the deadline for the $250 Conference Registration Fee to February 29th! Don’t miss this opportunity to register for WBC 2016 and join us in Houston for a good time – Texas Style! The Houston folks have worked very hard to plan events that will educate and entertain all bromeliad enthusiasts. Please consider attending the conference […]

Call for Nominations for the BSI Wally Berg Award of Excellence. The BSI Wally Berg Award of Excellence was initiated in 2001 to honor the late Wally Berg (1927-2000) of Sarasota, Florida. Wally and his wife Dorothy were extraordinary bromeliad growers. Read more on its special Award page.