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Our November Meeting

This month, after the annual election of Board and Officers, we have two items.
One is the comparison of the young specimens of Aechmea brevicollis that Dan and Eloise provided us six months ago. How have they done? Bring yours in to let us all see how the different conditions in each member’s garden have affected growth. This is not a competition. We just want to know how the effects of sun, shade, fertilizer and temperature have led each of them to its present condition. To help there, bring in with your plant the single sheets that Dan will distribute to you ahead of the meeting. We’ll hold a discussion where you can tell us in a little more detail what your conditions were. But be sure to bring in your plant - we need a good turnout.

​In the second item Rainer Ziermann will tell us about a bromeliad of his choice. He’ll talk about the origin of its name, about its discovery and about growing it. In case you don’t know him Rainer has been growing bromeliads for many years in northern California before he joined us several years go. We think it may be a Vriesea or a Tillandsia but we know it will be interesting to hear him talk about it.

Summer Picnic Recap
​Many thanks go to Pam and Virginia at Bird Rock Tropicals for hosting our summer picnic. What a perfect day! The landscape was looking awesome, and we certainly appreciate the efforts to have everything looking so
​tip-top. Everyone did a good job on the food, too.

THANK YOU to all who made our ​June Exhibition & Sale in Balboa Park a HUGE success.

It was a team effort, headed by Morlane (sales) and Juliana (exhibit). So many pitched in to volunteer it was inspiring — from sales to security! And so many folks brought in plants...

Check out the photos page here.

Last Year, at the
World Bromeliad Conference

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