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Welcome to SDBS !

Monthly Meetings are BACK!

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August presenter Pamela Koide-Hyatt

 join us...
Saturday, August 8th 
10:00 am
​Zoom online presentation & meeting​

​Check it out on our Meetings Page [ here ].


Summer SDBS News:

Monthly Meetings are back!
 -- and --
Coffee in the Brom Garden is officially a monthly event!

See our meetings content pages.


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Vriesea ‘Candyman’

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.

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

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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.

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 Bromeliads 
pronounced broh-MEE-le-ads

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

In a Nutshell: 

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Photo from mezuni
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    • June Show & Sale Balboa Park
    • Past: May 2022
    • World Brom Conference 2022
    • Past: April 2022
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    • Past: Dec. 2021 Plant Sale
    • Past: Dec 2021
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    • Past: Expo at SD Botanic Garden
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    • Past: December 2020
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    • August Coffee in the Brom Garden
  • Past Newsletters
  • Videos
  • About Us/Past Events
    • 2019 Exhibition & Sale
    • WBC San Diego 2018
    • A Look Back: '17 Show & Sale
  • Bromeliad Genera
    • Aechmeas - the tank broms
    • Alcantarea - Brazilian giants
    • Behold Billbergia
    • Tillandsias aka "air plants"
    • Spotlight on Neoregelia
    • Spotlight on Vriesea
  • Links
    • SDBS Facebook page
    • ZOONOOZ Beautiful Bromeliads [great article]
    • Bromeliad Society International
    • Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies
    • Queenlsand
    • East London
  • Growing Tips
    • Growing in San Diego
    • Water & Fertilzer
    • Potting & Soil
    • How Much Light?
    • Blog
  • past: January '21