Picture Log
species only, varieties are not included.

Almost all of the pictures are in color.
Early books such as those by Victoria Padilla have a number of b&w pictures.
Black and white pictures have an asterisk following the page number (i.e. 56*).

I should mention that the Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies has an extensive file
of bromeliad pictures. At present I don't have the courage to try to enter them here.
Their URL is  http://www.fcbs.org/.

I believe it is impossible to do a job of this magnitude with NO errors.
I apologize for any that are there, I have tried very hard to make it accurate.

I would appreciate it very much if you would call my attention to any errors you find so that I may correct them.
It would be nice to get an occasional message that you used the page and didn't find any errors!

I believe it is important that you print it out in panorama mode, sideways.

Some of the books have multiple pictures of a given plant.
I tried to pick the one that I thought would be of greatest help in identifying yours.
Often the "prettiest" or most "arty" pictures are not the best for identification.

Reference list:

    1.    Charlies Web
    2.    Bromeliads, Padilla 1973
    3.    Blooming Bromeliads, Baensch 1994
    4.    Bromeliads, Oliva-Esteve 2000
    5.    Canistrum, Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest, Leme 1997
    6.    Canistropsis, Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest, Leme 1998
    7.    Nidularium, Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest, Leme 2000
    8.    Tillandsia, Isley 1987
    9.    Bromeliads in the Brazilian Wilderness, Leme and Marigo 1993
  10.    Color Species pictures from the Front and Back Covers of the Journal of the Bromeliad Society
  11.    Bromeliaceae of Bolivia, Ibisch and Vasquez  (CD)
  12     Bromeliads for Home, Garden and Greenhouse,    Rauh  1970  (listed by Plate Number)
  13     Tillandsia, the Airplant Mystique,   Takizawa  1998   (CD)
  14     Tillandsia Handbook, Shimizu   1992
  15     Bromeliaceaes of Venezuela,   Oliva-Esteva and Steyermark    1987
  16    New Tillandsia Handbook  Shimizu and Takizawa    (no date)
  17    Tillandsia I    Antonin a Ondrej Lujscheiterovi   (no date)
  18    Die Bromelie    Renate Ehlers    1996
  19     Jewels of the Jungle, Bromeliaceae of Ecuador     Jose Manzanares     2002

How to use this table:

   Acanthostachys strobilacea               X   ---   50   47   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---

    Using the reference list above, this gives the page of the book where the picture occurs.
For instance, this plant is on my web page, on page 50 of  #3, Blooming Bromeliads,
and page 47 of  #4, Bromeliads.

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      This has been something I have longed for for a long time. I hope it strikes a chord with you too!

There has to be a number of errors.
Please accept my apology and realize what a monumental job this is.
The error potential is enormous.
      Please send me anything that's wrong.
I would like to correct any typos, misspellings, superceded names, misplaced pages or whatever.

E-mail me at charlesdills@mac.com.

Thank you and I will appreciate it.

      Dr. Gouda of the Unversity of Utrecht has called my attention to an article in Selbyana, "there is a checklist of Bolivian Bromeliaceae with notes on species, distribution and levels of endemism, Krömer et al. Selbyana 20(2):201-223."

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