Plants for Auction at our November meeting - here.
November Meeting
Saturday, Nov. 14th, 10:00 am.
Norm Nakanishi will be our speaker.
See our Meetings tab here for details.
Stay tuned and look in your email inbox for a Zoom meeting invitation.
See our Meetings tab here for details.
Stay tuned and look in your email inbox for a Zoom meeting invitation.
SDBS Plant Sale is Coming
for all members of the San Diego Bromeliad Society
Do you have any extra bromeliads that need new homes? Are you looking for that last minute gift to give someone or yourself? SDBS will be holding a bromeliad sale and you are invited to sell and/or purchase some wonderful plants.
above: plant sales tables from our 2917 show
When: Sunday, December 20th, 2020 from 9:00am to 3:00 pm
Where: Parking lot at 3110 Camino Del Rio South, Mission Valley, San Diego
Cost: $20 per seller, each seller keeps all proceeds of sales Plants have to be clean and free of pests and disease. Each seller is responsible for his/her transactions. It will be on a cash or check basis only (unless individual sellers have his/her own credit card system). SDBS will not have a credit card system available or any change. There is no shade available. Each seller would have to bring tables, chairs, canopies, etc. Parking next to individual sales area is available for sellers. Each seller is responsible for cleaning up the selling area after the sale is over. Facemasks and social distancing will be required.
Contact Morlane O'Donnell at morlane.odonnell@att.net if you are interested in selling.
Where: Parking lot at 3110 Camino Del Rio South, Mission Valley, San Diego
Cost: $20 per seller, each seller keeps all proceeds of sales Plants have to be clean and free of pests and disease. Each seller is responsible for his/her transactions. It will be on a cash or check basis only (unless individual sellers have his/her own credit card system). SDBS will not have a credit card system available or any change. There is no shade available. Each seller would have to bring tables, chairs, canopies, etc. Parking next to individual sales area is available for sellers. Each seller is responsible for cleaning up the selling area after the sale is over. Facemasks and social distancing will be required.
Contact Morlane O'Donnell at morlane.odonnell@att.net if you are interested in selling.
At our October Meeting, we enjoyed a conversation about Alcantareas
The noted author and professor of botany Leonardo Versieux of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Natal, Brazil was our speaker in October.
Thanks Leonardo!
Thanks Leonardo!
September Meeting was a fun and informative event.
Thanks go out to our Program Committee and our presenter, Peter Wan, for our September meeting program on Costa Rica. These interesting and informative presentations keep us engaged.
Thanks go out to our Program Committee and our presenter, Peter Wan, for our September meeting program on Costa Rica. These interesting and informative presentations keep us engaged.
August's Coffee In the Garden
. . . was fun. Thanks all who participated.
See here for the winners!
August Member Show & Tell Plants
Thanks everyone for sharing! [Click on images for slideshow.]
PLANT SALES #1 & #2 were a success!
Thank you to those who were lucky enough to participate in a RARE "thinning" of a major bromeliad collection!
SLIDESHOW OF PLANT SALE ITEMS:
The San Diego Bromeliad Society netted $274 from Sale #1 , thanks to Andy Cuffel
That means that 274 plants were sold that Sunday.
The proceeds for Sale #2 will no doubt be similar.
Now let's keep them sheltered and well-watered.
That means that 274 plants were sold that Sunday.
The proceeds for Sale #2 will no doubt be similar.
Now let's keep them sheltered and well-watered.
Our August Meeting was fun!
That was a fun and informative program from Pam on Tillandsia capitata.
Favorites: capitata 'Old Gold'? What was yours? Now we know more about our favorites 'Nellie Rose', 'Pacific Sunset', and 'El Rancho' (a personal favorite).
Tillandscia 'El Rancho', T. capitata x xerographica, is
now T. riohondoensis
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Tillandsia capitata 'Marron'
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Summer SDBS News:
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Vriesea 'Huana Fireburst'
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Vriesea Tasman #2
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The San Diego Bromeliad Society Holiday Tree 2019
The tree was given to charity this year.
Thanks to Nancy Groves for the efforts - and for the photo taken at December Nights.
Remember last year's picnic?
Here we are gathered around to hear how the garden at Pam's place came to be.
Here we are gathered around to hear how the garden at Pam's place came to be.
THANK YOU to all who made our June 2019 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, and it was inspiring — from sales to security! And so many folks brought in plants...
Check out the photos below, and check out the page here.
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.
Join the SDBS: click here & download the membership form.
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. |
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