2013(7) | -
Can you tell a Tillandsia from a Vriesea ?
. Bromeliads and mosquitos | |
2013(8) | - Ligules revisited | |
2013(9) | -
Where to learn more
- Tillandsia subgenera I | |
2013(10) | - Hechtia, Dyckia and their flowers I | |
2013(11) | - Hechtia, Dyckia and their flowers II | |
2013(12) | - Tillandsia subgenera II | |
2014(1) | - Tillandsia subgenera III | |
2014(2) | - Racinaea | |
2014(3) | -
What is a genus anyway ?
. Ramblings about better growing | |
2014(4) | -
Dyckia 'Soldena Gold' - sibling of Dyckia 'Naked Lady' ?
. C. Gastaldi: Understanding Dyckias | |
2014(5) | -
Aechmeas and their varied inflorescences - Part I
. Ramblings about better growing | |
2014(6) | -
Aechmeas and their varied inflorescences - Part II
. Ramblings about better growing | |
2014(7) | -
Will the real Bromelia balansae please stand up ?
. Ramblings about better growing | |
2014(8) | -
Hechtia glomerata, texensis and some other lateral bloomers at the Huntington Botanical Gardens
. Ramblings about better growing | |
2014(9) | - Bromeliad subfamilies | |
2014(10) | . Ramblings about better growing | |
2014(11) | - Puya I | |
2014(12) | - Puya II | |
2015(1) | - Vriesea s.l. I - the basics | |
2015(2) | -
Vriesea s.l. II - two new genera
. R. Cohen: A rooky's contribution | |
2015(3) | . D. Butcher: Tillandsia 'Pochutla' | |
2015(4) | -
Vriesea s.l. III - two new genera
. R. Cohen: A rooky's contribution | |
2015(5) | - Vriesea s.l. IV - bromeliad stigma types | |
2015(6) | - Vriesea s.l. V - Vriesea stigma types | |
2015(8) | -
Hechtia mysteries at the HBG, part 2 - Hechtia montana
. Ramblings about better growing | |
2015(9) | . Tribute to John Arden / More on John Arden | |
2015(10) | -
Who owns Tillandsia capitata 'Peach' ?
. W. Barthlott: Professor Werner Rauh (reprint from JBS50(3) 2000) | |
2015(11) | -
Musings on (and around) the Nidularium - Guzmania complex
- Maddening mysteries at the HBG, part 3 - Hechtia HBG45369: H. sphaeroblasta or H. conzattiana or ??? | |
2015(12) | -
Distinguishing Aechmea and Portea, part 1; artificial keys
- Bromeliads, colors and descriptions | |
2016(1) | -
Distinguishing Aechmea and Portea, part 2; Gravisia and the Portea-Gravisia complex
- DNA studies | |
2016(2) | -
The rise (and fall ?) of Orthophytum - just how many are there ?
- Yellow/green petalled Billbergia - Part 1 (B. amoena) | |
2016(3) | -
The rise (and fall ?) of Orthophytum - just how many are there ? Part 2
- Yellow/green petalled Billbergia - Part 2 (B. amoena var. carnea and B. elegans) | |
2016(4) | -
What is a bromeliad ? - Part 1
- Yellow/green petalled Billbergia - Part 3 (B. amoena and B. distachia; observing and labelling your plants) | |
2016(5) | -
What is a bromeliad ? - Part 2
- Yellow/green petalled Billbergia - Part 4 (more on B. distachia and cultivars) | |
2016(6) | -
Yellow/green petalled Billbergia - Part 5 (B. nutans and a hybrid you probably have)
. D. Butcher: Nidularium innocentii - variegate forms | |
2016(7) | -
Aechmea, its subgenera and history - how does taxonomy work ? - Part 1
- Yellow/green (and blue) petalled Billbergia - Part 6 (B. sanderiana, saundersii and fosteriana) | |
2016(8) | -
Aechmea, its subgenera and history - how does taxonomy work ? - Part 2
- Yellow/green petalled Billbergia - Part 7 (B. chlorantha, viridiflora, laxiflora, castelensis, decipiens and tweedieana ?) | |
2016(9) | - The resurrection of Billbergia speciosa Thunb. (1821) as the correct name for Billbergia elegans | |
2016(10) | - Aechmea, its subgenera and history - how does taxonomy work ? - Part 3 | |
2016(11) | -
Anyone has Wallisia cyanea ? Lutheria splendens ?
- Aechmea, its subgenera and history - how does taxonomy work ? - Part 4 | |
2016(12) | - Tillandsia revisions - part 1 | |
2017(1) | - Tillandsia revisions - part 2 | |
2017(2) | - Tillandsia revisions - part 3 | |
2017(3) | - Aechmea, its subgenera and history - how does taxonomy work ? - Part 5 | |
2017(4) | - Yellow/green petalled Billbergia - Part 8 (species that have some forms all green/yellow and some with blue - (B. iridifolia, minarum and leitzii) | |
2017(5) | - Yellow/green (and blue) petalled Billbergia - Part 9 (B. leitzii, leptopoda, pohliana, reichardtii and leitzii) | |
2017(6) | - The rise (and fall ?) of Orthophytum - the new Sincoraea genus - Part 3 | |
2017(7) | - The Ronnbergia alliance - Aechmea, Hohenbergia and Wittmackia - Part 1 | |
2017(8) | -
The Ronnbergia alliance - Aechmea, Hohenbergia and Wittmackia - Part 2
- Some technical terms - Chalazal | |
2017(9) | -
Neoregelia simulans - do you have it ?
. D. Butcher: Aechmea fasciata (Lindley) Baker | |
2017(10) | - Pollen - Part 1 | |
2017(11) | - Pollen - Part 2 (Gravisia, Portea, Canistrum and Wittrockia) | |
2017(12) | - Yellow/green (and blue) petalled Billbergia - Part 10 (B. morelii and euphemiae) | |
2018(1) | - Yellow/green petalled Billbergia - Part 11 (B. macrocalyx and the rest) | |
2018(2) | - The rise (and fall ?) of Orthophytum - Part 4 | |
2018(3) | - Cryptanthus and related genera - Part 1 | |
2018(4) | -
Cryptanthus and related genera - Part 2
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2018(5) | -
The latest news on subfamily Bromelioideae
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2018(6) | -
Hohenbergia - Part 1
- Billbergia with predominantly blue/violet/purple petals . Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2018(7) | -
Canistrum, Wittrockia, Edmundoa and more - Part 1
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack . L. Colgan: Tillandsia duratii and Tillandsia streptocarpa | |
2018(8) | -
Hohenbergia - Part 2
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2018(9) | -
Canistrum, Wittrockia, Edmundoa and more - Part 2
- Billbergia with mostly red petals - B. pyramidalis . Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2018(10) | -
Guzmania Part 1: It's inflorescences and history and what is a genus ?
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2018(11) | -
Canistrum, Wittrockia, Edmundoa and more - Part 3 (Wittrockia)
- Billbergia with whitish (maybe) petals; summary of petal colors . Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2018(12) | - Guzmania Part 2: It's inflorescences and history and a bit about keys | |
2019(1) | -
Canistrum, Wittrockia, Edmundoa and more - Part 4 (Canistropsis)
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2019(2) | - The confusing tale of Billbergia saundersii and Billbergia chlorosticta - the longer story | |
2019(3) | -
Another well-known genus - part 1 (Neoregelia)
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2019(4) | -
Another well-known genus - part 2 (Neoregelia subgenus Hylaeaicum)
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2019(5) | - Canistrum, Wittrockia, Edmundoa and more - Part 5 (Nidularium) | |
2019(6) | - Canistrum, Wittrockia, Edmundoa and more - Part 5 cont. (Nidularium) | |
2019(7) | -
Two new genera (Waltillia and Gregbrownia) and new complex (Cipuropsis-Mezobromelia) part 1
. Bromeliads in Ecuador; courtesy of Jerry Raack | |
2019(8) | - Two new genera (Waltillia and Gregbrownia) and new complex (Cipuropsis-Mezobromelia) part 2 | |
2019(9) | - Got Vivipara ? | |
2019(10) | - Billbergia subgenera and flowers | |
2019(11) | - Canistrum, Wittrockia, Edmundoa and more - Part 7 (Eduandra: studies of various morphological features) | |
2019(12) | -
Hechtia changes - Bakeratha and Mesoamarentha
. Tribute to Grace Goode | |
2020(1) | - Some different Tillandsia | |
2020(2) | -
Location (influence on look of plants)
. Puya olivaceae flowering at Huntington B.G. | |
2020(3) | - More about Aechmea - subgenus Chevaliera | |
2020(4) | - Karawata, a new genus broken out from Aechmea - subgenus Chevaliera | |
2020(5) | - Ananas - Part 1 | |
2020(6) | - Ananas - Part 2 | |
2020(7) | -
Tillandsia for beginners
. Joshua Siskin: Gardening: This botanical garden is a hidden gem with free admission (Westwood garden, reprint from LA Daily News) | |
2020(8) | - Ananas - Part 3 | |
2020(9) | - Ananas - Part 4 | |
2020(10) | - Ananas - Part 5 | |
2020(11) | - Disteganthus: a case study in changing names |