Welcome
to the
San Diego
​Bromeliad Society.

Bromeliads At the Home/Garden Show

These display bromeliads are from the collection of SDBS member Steve Salley and his nursery, Hula Gardens.com. They were planted by Dave Erickson.

The show, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, runs March 1-3. Let’s go see!

Here are a few plants that were in the show at the World Bromeliad Conference in May of 2018 at Mission Bay Park, San Diego . . .
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Vriesea 'Wild Jean' hybrid, exhibited by David Fell
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Dyckia 'Baker's Domain'
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Tillandsia ionantha, exhibited on cork bark by Dave Kennedy
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clump of Neoregelia punctatissima, exhibited by Ted Johnson

 Bromeliads 
pronounced broh-MEE-le-ads

. . . flowering plants belonging to the plant family Bromeliaceae.
There are more than 3,000 species and hundreds of hybrids.

In a Nutshell: 

Bromeliads are members of a plant family known as Bromeliaceae (bro-meh-lee-AH-say-eye). The family contains over 3000 described species in approximately 56 genera. The most well known bromeliad is the pineapple. The family contains a wide range of plants including some very un-pineapple like members such as Spanish Moss (which is neither Spanish nor a moss). Other members resemble aloes or yuccas while still others look like green, leafy grasses.
In general they are inexpensive, easy to grow, require very little care, and reward the grower with brilliant, long lasting blooms and ornamental foliage. They come in a wide range of sizes from tiny miniatures to giants. They can be grown indoors in cooler climates and can also be used outdoors where temperatures stay above freezing.

Just a few of the many genera in the bromeliad world...

Aechmea
Alcantarea
Ananas
Billbergia
​Bromelia
Cannistrum Cryptanthus
Dyckia
Guzmania
Hechtia
Hohenbergia
Neoregelia
Nidularium
Portea
Orthophytum
Pitcairnia
Puya
​Quesnelia
Sincoraea
​Tillandsia
Vriesea