Bromeliads - Botany and Cultivation.
Editora UFV, Viçosa, Brazil.
Basic information on bromeliads, in English, black&wite drawings, 117 pages.
Alcantarea - Giant bromeliads from Brazil.
Capim Macio & Offset Editora, Brazil.
Second edition of the book on this genus published in 2015. In English, 348 pages, 52 plates with pictures, 16x21 cm.
Bromélias da Mata Atlântica - Atlantic forest bromeliads.
Editora Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Photobook with text in Portuguese, Spanish and English, 118 pages, 21x21 cm.
Las Bromeliaceae del estado de Morelos.
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Mexico.
All bromeliad species in the state of Morelos, descriptions and color-illustrations, 128 pages.
Tillandsia.
Peruzzo Editoriale, Venezia, Italy.
By the owners of a nursery, in Italian language, with 587 color-illustrations, 384 pages, 29x23 cm.
Les Broméliacées.
Editions Belin, Paris France.
History, culture, taxonomy and botany of the bromeliads of all genera with over 1000 color-illustrations, including 175 reproductions of 19th century drawings.
In French with some chapters also in English, 651 pages on format 28x18 cm.
Review in Die Bromelie 2016(3) and Journal of the Bromeliad Society 65(4).
Hohenbergia - serrate tanks.
Straight Books, Japan.
A portrayal of 48 species of the genus Hohenbergia, with 72 color-illustrations, including non-blooming plants and herbarium specimens.
In Japanese, 112 pages on format 21x15 cm.
Review in Die Bromelie 2017(3).
Bromelia's - Broméliacées - Bromeliads.
Series Flori Mundi, Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium.
Good pagesized photographs of a number of bromeliads in the collection at Meise, 61 pages on format 21x21 cm.
Bromelias para aficionados - Manual de cultivo.
Comité de Bromeliología, Caracas, Venezuela.
4th edition of this manual on the culture of bromeliads, 150 pages in Spanish, illustrated, 22 cm. (ed. 1-3 in 1993, 2005 and 2009).
Brómelias-gigantes do Brasil.
Capim Macio & Offset, Natal, Brazil.
Large bromeliads of the genus Alcantarea, with 32 pages with small colorphotos, 28 large linedrawings,
200 pages in Portuguese with captions also in English, format 21x15,5 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 66(1).
Exotic Tillandia.
Partridge, Singapore.
Coffee-table-style book with photographs of the most commonly cultivated Tillandsias, 162 pages, format 28x21,5 cm.
Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán fasc.122 Bromeliaceae.
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Regional flora, 142 pages, 16 drawings, maps.
Air plants: The curious world of Tillandsias.
Timber Press Inc., Portland Oregon USA.
Mainly on decorating and mounting methods, with 195 colorphotos in 224 pages, format 25x20 cm.
Below are some of the many small books on Tillandsia published 2012-1015
Flora de Guerrero no.56 Tillandsia L. (Bromeliaceae).
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias.
Tillandsias from the state of Guerrero, illustrated, 122 pages, 28cm.
Fujikawa, F.Several books in Japanese from 2013-2014
Air plants: epiphytes and aerial gardens.
Cornell University Press, Ithaca USA.
Describes the anatomical and physiological adaptations of epiphytes belonging to different taxonomic groups,
including bromeliads, 256 pages, color and b&w photos, maps, drawings, 23x15 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 64(1) and Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 47(2).
Gouda, E., H. Claessen & K. Gouda 2012Encyclopaedia of bromeliads Version 3 DVD/CD-ROM.
Dutch-Belgian Bromeliad Society (BCG), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
With more than 1650 colorphotos and old plates. Information on all taxa. Also synonyms, bromeliadliterature and country-checklists. Version 1 published in 2006, Version 2 in 2009.
Review of Version 1 in Die Bromelie 2006(3).
Paterson, M. & B. 2012Bromeliad hybrids, for my own satisfaction. Book2: Cryptanthus, Tillandsia, Vriesea & others.
Published by author, Veteran, Queensland Australia.
80 pages, 426 colorphotos, 29x21 cm.
Review in Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 47(1).
Book1: Neoregelias (right) published in 2010.
98 pages, 652 colorphotos, 29x21 cm.
Bromeliads for home and garden.
University Press of Florida, USA.
176 pages, 107 colorphotos, 22 drawings, 22,5x15 cm.
World of Tillandsias.
Published by author, Pozorice, Czech Republic.
Photobook with English/Czech text, 96 pages, 430 colorphotos of 160 species, 29,5x21 cm.
Review in Die Bromelie 2012(1) and Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 47(1).
La familia Bromeliaceae en México.
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Estado de México.
Characteristics, importance, conservation and use of Mexican bromeliads, 100 pages, 20 colorphotos, maps.
Flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes, Fascículo 165 Bromeliaceae.
Editors: J. & G. Rzedowski.
Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa Veracruz México.
Bromeliads of this Mexican region,
145 pages, 20 drawings.
An alphabetical list of Bromeliad Binomials, 12th edition.
Mary Selby Botanical Gardens and Sarasota Bromeliad Society USA.
This bi-annual list gives the names and authors of all validly published bromeliad-taxa.
Review (edition 2000) in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 51(6).
Bromeliads for the contemporary garden.
Florilegium, Queensland Australia.
Revised edition of the book published in 2003, species and cultivars from Australia, 400 pages, 500 colorphotos, 25,5x21,5 cm.
Review in Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 45(1).
Guía de reconocimiento del género Tillandsia de Guatemala.
Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala.
Field guide, 118 pages, about 60 species, colorphotos.
Bromeliads, the new generation.
Brisbane Australia.
Photobooklet, species and cultivars. 46 pages, many small colorphotos, 29x21 cm.
Bromeliads under the mango tree.
J. Catlan, Australia.
Introductory book on growing bromeliads, 64 pages, 21x16 cm.
Review in Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 45(1).
Die grünblühenden kleinen grauen Tillandsien Mexicos.
Die Bromelie Sonderheft 6, Deutsche Bromelien-Gesellschaft.
Treatment of the small grey Mexican Tillandsias with green flowers, some new taxa are described.
German/English text, 144 pages, 117 colorphotos (many in habitat), 12 drawings, 23x16 cm.
Review in Die Bromelie 2010(1), Journal of the Bromeliad Society 59(4) and Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 43(6).
Tillandsia II, the world's most unusual airplants.
Botanical Press, Gardena California USA.
Successor to the book published in 1987, with chapters on cultivation and care, species, hybrids, biographical history,
botanical nomenclature and Tillandsia evolution and biology. Also a horticultural color chart and a glossary of botanical terms.
Over 400 color photographs of species and hybrids, 287 pages on format 28x22 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 59(6) and Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 45(1).
Native bromeliads of Florida.
Field guide, 126 pages, 23x15 cm.
Review in Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 47(1).
Bromelias del Uruguay.
Biodiversidad Botánica vol.1.
Librería Linardi y Rosso, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Bromeliads of Uruguay, 217 pages, color illustrated, 27 cm.
Enciclopédia Ilustrada 2200 Plantas e Flores Volume 4: Orquídeas e Bromélias.
Biblioteca Natureza, Editora Europa, Brazil.
Describes 302 orchids and 71 bromeliads, focus on Brazil, notes on culture, 176 pages, 728 color photographs, 28x21 cm.,
2nd edition in 2009.
Starting with bromeliads - a guide to the growing of bromeliads.
Bromeliad Society of Queensland Inc., Australia.
The cultivation of bromeliads, 100 pages incl. 36 pages with colorphotos.
Butcher, D. 2007Bromeliaceae: names and synonyms.
Bromeliad Society of South Australia.
Bromeliad Society International 2008 (compiled end 2007)
The concise bromeliad cultivar registry.
Bromeliads - The coinnosseur's guide.
Chapters on bromeliads in habitat, collectors, hybridisation and cultivation, mainly Neoregelias.
350 pages, 500 colorphotos, 28x21 cm.
Review in Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 41(5).
Growing bromeliads. Third edition, edited by D. & C. Cornale.
Bromeliad Society of Australia, Kangaroo Press, Simon & Schuster (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
The cultivation of bromeliads, 135 pages with text and 10 drawings plus 16 pages with 107 colorphotos, 25x20 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 56(4).
Orchids, cacti and bromeliads of the dry forest / Orquideas, cactus y bromelias del bosque seco - Costa Rica.
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica.
Second edition (first ed. in 2000), Spanish/English text, 184 pages, 75 colordrawings, 18x12 cm.
Mountain plants of Venezuela; the coastal range, the Andes and the tepuis - Bromeliads.
Caracas Venezuela.
Plants and trees in different habitats, with a special chapter on bromeliads.
367 pages, 1160 colorphotos (260 of bromeliads), 28 colordrawings, 31x24 cm. Also available in Spanish.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58(1).
Fragmentos de Mata Atlântica do nordeste, biodiversidade, conservação e suas bromélias. Published 12-2006.
English edition (published 4-2007): Fragments of the Atlantic Forest of northeast Brazil: biodiversity, conservation and the bromeliads.
Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio, Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
The habitat of this region and its conservation status and flora and fauna. More than 90 species of bromeliads,
including 24 new ones, are described in the 415 pages with 350 colorphotos of this book on format 30x23 cm.
Review in Die Bromelie 2009(1), Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58(5) and Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 41(5).
The pineapple, king of fruits.
Chatto & Windus, London UK.
History and introduction in Europe of the pineapple, 315 pages, illustrated, 21,5x13,5 cm.
Tillandsias & autres Bromeliacées.
Les Editions Eugen Ulmer, Paris France.
96 pages, 155 colorphotos, 21x16 cm.
Review in Die Bromelie 2005(3).
Flora de Veracruz, Fascículo 136 Bromeliaceae.
Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa Veracruz México & University of California, Riverside USA.
Treatment of bromeliads from state of Veracruz,
307 pages, 22x16 cm, 17 drawings.
Der Verwandtschaftskreis um Tillandsia tectorum (The Tillandsia tectorum complex).
Die Bromelie Sonderheft 5, Deutsche Bromelien-Gesellschaft.
Treatment of T. tectorum varieties and related species.
German/English text, 120 pages, 84 colorphotos (many in habitat), 16 drawings, 23x16 cm.
Review in Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 40(2).
Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle). Part II: Pitcairnioideae.
Imprenta Mariscal, Quito Ecuador.
Second volume dealing with all bromeliads of Ecuador. Also descriptions of several new species.
With 304 pages, 370 colorphotos in habitat, 35 drawings, 30x23 cm. English and Spanish editions.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 55(3).
Tillandsia del norte de Chile y del extremo sur de Perú.
R. Pinto, Iquique, Chili.
The Tillandsias growing in desert habitat ("lomas" formations), 136 pages, 200 colorphotos, 22x22 cm.
Review in Die Bromelie 2009(2-3) and Journal of the Bromeliad Society 56(2).
Bromeliads - a cultural manual. Edited by H. Plever & J. L. Brehm.
Bromeliad Society International USA.
New updated edition of this small manual, providing basic information for cultivation,
38 pages, 75 small colorphotos, 22x14 cm.
G. C. Fernandez-Concha & F. Chi May 2004
Guía ilustrada de las Bromeliaceae de la porción mexicana de la península de Yucatán.
Centro de Investigación Cientifica de Yucatán, Merida Mexico.
Field guide to bromeliads in this part of Mexico, 124 pages, 105 colorphotos, 19x27 cm.
(Tillandsia Plants Division) 2003
The beginners guide to succesfully growing Tillandsias.
ALCJR Enterprises, Midlothian VA, USA.
10 pages, 35 small colorphotos, 21x14 cm.
The pineapple: botany, production and uses. Editors: D. P. Bartholomew, R. E. Paull & K.G. Rohrbach.
Includes Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & F. Leal: Morphology, anatomy and taxonomy (Ananas).
CABI Publishing, Wallingford UK and New York USA.
Origin, cultivation, production, morphology, anatomy and a taxonomic revision of the genus Ananas and Pseudananas.
Multi-authored publication, 301 pages, 8 pages with 42 small colorphotos, map, 25x16 cm.
Review in Bromeliaceae (BS of Queensland) 40(5).
Bromeliads for the contemporary garden.
Timber Press Inc., Oregon USA and Cambridge UK.
Species and cultivars from Australia, 198 pages, 300 colorphotos, 25,5x21,5 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 54(3).
Northern Mindanao Bromeliad Collections.
Northern Mindanao Ornamental Horticulture Foundation Inc., Philippines.
Photos of species and cultivars from collections in the Philippines, 38 pages, 400 small colorphotos, 30x22,5 cm.
Beginning with Tillandsias.
Ratio publ., Uvaly, Czech Republic.
Czech/English text, 145 pages, drawings, 80 small colorphotos, 20x15 cm.
Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle). Part I: Bromelioideae.
Imprenta Mariscal, Quito Ecuador.
First volume dealing with all bromeliads of Ecuador. Also descriptions of several new species.
With 232 pages, 340 colorphotos in habitat, 30x23 cm. English and Spanish editions.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53(3).
Bromeliaceae III.
Producciones Oliva Esteva, Caracas Venezuela.
Photobook with short desciptions of many species, a continuation of the book from 2000.
With 275 pages, 564 colorphotos, 34x24 cm, English and Spanish editions.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53(3).
& G. Chiron 2002
La culture des Orchidées et des Broméliacées.
Belin-Herscher, Paris France.
128 pages, illustrated, 24x16 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 55(3).
Guía de las bromelias de Bogotá y sus alrededores.
DAMA, Bogotá Colombia.
Fieldguide, 151 pages, colorphotos, 19x11 cm. Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58(6).
Tillandsien für Zimmer und Wintergarten (2nd ed. of Schöne Tillandsien).
Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart Germany.
Description of popular botanical species, 93 pages, 70 colorphotos, 7 drawings, 23x16 cm.
Les Tillandsia et les Racinaea.
Editions Belin, Paris France.
All species of these genera described in alphabetical order, also chapters on biology, taxonomy (keys),
morphology and culture and a multilingual lexicon.
816 pages, 500 colorphotos, 160 drawings and sketches, 28x19 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 52(1).
Bromelien, Orchideen und Farne in Tropenterrarium.
Terrarien-Bibliothek, Natur- und Tierverlag, Germany.
127 pages, 145 colorphotos.
Review in Die Bromelie 2002(3).
Bromeliaceae. Profile of an adaptive radiation.
Cambridge University Press UK.
A profound work on the biology of bromeliads. Includes chapters on Neoregelia subgen Hylaeaicum (I. Ramírez),
Tillandsia and Racinaea (W. Till), ethnobotany (B. Bennett) and endangered species (M. Dimmitt).
690 pages, b&w-photos, drawings, tables, 24x18 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 50(5).
Chekanova, V. N. & S. E. Korovin 2000Bromelii : rasteniia proshlogo, nastoiashchego i budushchego.
Nauchno-populiarnaia literatura (Rossiiskaia akademiia nauk) Nauka,
Moscow Russia.
223 pages, 16 pages of plates with illustrations (some in color), 20 cm.
Three other Russian books, from 2000 and 2005 (right)
Bromagic and the magical world of bromeliads CD-ROM.
Palmwoods, Queensland Australia.
Photos of many species and cultivars in the author's collection, also cultural information.
Illustrated catalogue of the Bromeliaceae of Bolivia CD-ROM. Illustrated biodiversity of Bolivia Vol.1.
Editorial FAN, Bolivia.
Information on all species from Bolivia and their habitats, many small photos.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 50(6).
Tillandsien.
Tetra Verlag GmbH, Bissendorf-Wulften Germany.
Culture of popular species, 64 pages, 78 small colorphotos, 22x16 cm.
Nidularium, Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest Vol.3.
GMT Editores, Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
Third volume of a trilogy on the complex including Canistrum, Canistropsis and Nidularium; contains also supplements on vol.1 & 2.
Includes articles on Hummingbird pollination (Sazima et al.), Molecular data (G. Brown),
Pollen fertility (R. Souza & E. Leme) and Cladistics (G. Brown & E. Leme).
263 pages, 183 colorphotos, 38 herbariumphotos, 51 drawings, 30x24 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 50(5).
Morales, J. F. 2000Guía de bromelias de Costa Rica.
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica.
Second edition (first ed. in 1998), descriptions in Spanish and English with drawings by Anita Cooper of many species.
184 pages, 80 colordrawings, 18x12 cm.
Bromeliads.
Armitano Editores C. A., Caracas Venezuela.
Monumental photobook with desciptions of many species. Emphasis on the table mountain region (tepuis),
also with several reprinted journal articles.
464 pages, 900 colorphotos in part in habitat, 34x25 cm. Also published in Spanish.
Review in Die Bromelie 2001(3) and Journal of the Bromeliad Society 50(5).
The book of bromeliads and Hawaiian tropical flowers.
Pacific Isle Publishing Company, Makawao Hawaii.
Information and photos of species and cultivars from a nursery in Hawaii, 216 pages, 446 colorphotos, 28x21 cm.
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 51(6).
Cultivo prático de bromélias.
Editora Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil.
70 pages, illustrated.
A gardener's guide to orchids and bromeliads.
Merehurst Press, London UK.
96 pages, colorphotos.
Tillandsia, the airplant mystic CD-ROM.
Japan.
A number of Tillandsias presented in 101 high quality pictures, also as a slideshow with musical background
Review in Journal of the Bromeliad Society 50(6).
Bromeliads, next generation.
Brisbane Australia.
Photobooklet, species and cultivars. 56 pages, 600 colorphotos, 29x21 cm.
Review in Die Bromelie 2000(3) and Journal of the Bromeliad Society 51(6).
