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Picture Name Genus Size Code Price Description Aechmea Leaves rich and glossy with attractive bottle brush shaped A16 R 65,00 apocalyptica inflorescences with red bracts and violet- blue flowers. Shiny, very attractive dark red, almost black, leaves. It produces beautiful cream to pale yellow 'berries' Aechmea Burgundy Aechmea A11 R 110,00 A hybrid made by Foster in 2000: Aechmea distichantha v. schlumbergeri x Aechmea weilbachii f. leodiensis Aechmea comata is a spring-blooming species of bromeliad with reddish bracts, orange sepals and bright yellow flowers. The sturdy inflorescence is held well above the foliage so the colour is visible from Aechmea comata Aechmea A21 R 65,00 far away. The foliage is stiff and heavily armoured with spines. The lower part of each leaf has a distinctive depressed area often referred to as a thumbprint. The leaves are also marked with purple at the base, especially on the inner side. A name used by Deroose for 'Del Mar' Aechmea Del Mar Aechmea A06 R 200,00 Unknown parentage 'Blue Rain' Stunning colours, tall flower spike Native to Brazil. It grows slowly reaching 30 to 90 cm in height, spreading to about Aechmea fasciata Aechmea A07 R 90,00 60cm. It requires partial shade and well-drained but moisture-retentive soil. It also grows well as an epiphyte. Aechmea Leaves rich and glossy with attractive bottle brush shaped Aechmea A02 R 45,00 gamosepala inflorescences with pinkish bracts and violet- blue flowers. Leaves rich and glossy with attractive bottle brush shaped Aechmea kertesziae Aechmea A17 R 55,00 inflorescences with salmon-orange bracts and lime green flowers. Aechmea Attractive white flowers with a splash of maroon on the tips. Aechmea A18 R 150,00 lueddemanniana Variegated leaves - bright green with some pink striping on the edges Gorgeous plant in and out of bloom with its soft green leaves above Aechmea miniata Aechmea A01 R 50,00 and maroon below. The brilliant red flowers heads has bright blue flowers. This species is native to Central America, the West Indies, central and southern Mexico, and northern and central South America. Aechmea nudicaulis Aechmea A14 R 90,00 It forms tall upright tubes with a bright red flower stem and bracts bearing yellow flowers. Mahogany patterned leaves - red flower Aechmea We love to grow this Aechmea mounted higher on a tree to be able to Aechmea A09 R 120,00 orlandiana see the beautiful mottled patterning from the leaves from the bottom with the light filtering through from above Variegated leaves with some red striping Aechmea Red Aechmea A10 R 100,00 Ribbon Aechmea racinae X victoriana v. discolor Attractive formal rosette of polished green and maroon leaves typify this splendid plant. A vigorous plant and outstanding when grown in Aechmea Royal Aechmea A03 R 75,00 bright light. Wine A Foster hybrid: Aechmea miniata v. discolor x Aechmea victoriana v. discolor Aechmea serrata is native to the Lesser Antilles. Aechmea serrata Aechmea A12 R 125,00 Aechmea serrata produces panicles of light-blue tubular flowers and prefer a sunny to half-shady environment. Endemic to the state of Esperito Santo. The dark green leaves have variable shades of reddish tint Aechmea warassi Aechmea A20 R 75,00 underneath. Produces a hanging show of red to orange berry-like flower stems which produce the small dark-blue flowers. Brazil A simply gorgeous combination of bright red bracts and lilac purple berry-liked flowers. Aechmea weilbachii Aechmea A04 R 75,00 A beautiful plant for the shade with its soft, glossy light green foliage and stately tall flower spikes with vibrant berries. Reasonably hardy but best grown in warm gardens with dappled sunlight or full shade. Aechmea weilbachii Aechmea A15 R 100,00 forma viridisepala A species from the Southern Brazilian Atlantic forest. Aechmea winkleri Aechmea A08 R 45,00 They produce stunning bright red and yellow flowers. They grow well in many conditions but prefer some shade, Easy to grow and flower. Billbergia amoena Billbergia B03 R 50,00 Bright red flower bracts with a pendant flower "Summer Torch" - Exquisite spreading vase of stiff green leaves Billbergia supports a torch-like inflorescence of flaming petals and bracts. Billbergia B01 R 50,00 pyramidalis Flowers in autumn or winter. Very hardy plant that will grow under nearly any conditions, though it prefers moderate light. Brazil Billbergia Large plants with attractive paler green leaves with dark serration. Billbergia B02 R 100,00 sanderiana It pushes out a beautiful pendant inflorescence with pink flowers bracts and pale green flowers with blue tips Cryptanthus acaulis Cryptanthus C05 R 35,00 Bronze-pink coloured earth angels. 'Bronze' Cryptanthus acaulis Cryptanthus C04 R 35,00 Green coloured earth angels. 'Jade' Cryptanthus bivitatus cv Pink Cryptanthus C09 R 50,00 Colourful, variegated Earth Star Starlight Cryptanthus Cryptanthus C06 R 30,00 Pale brown Earth Star bivittatus Cryptanthus Cryptanthus C10 R 45,00 Pale copper, bronze and jade striping - a larger earth angel bivittatus 'Zebra' Cryptanthus Endemic to Brazil bromelioides var Cryptanthus C08 R 90,00 The Rainbow Star tricolor A beautiful, large, salmon-pink 'earth star' with some variegation in Cryptanthus Ti Cryptanthus C07 R 100,00 the leaves. Leave edges are undulated and serrated. Bright orange flower bracts. Guzmania Jazz Guzmania G04 R 90,00 Easy care with glossy green leaves and long lasting flowers. Dark green foliage that bears a rosette of deep red flowers bracts Guzmania lingulata when in flower. G03 R 120,00 'Scarlet Star' Native to rainforest habitats in Central America, northern and central South America, southern Mexico and the West Indies Picture Name Genus Size Code Price Description Guzmania lingulata var Guzmania G02 R 100,00 Bright yellow heart with white flowers from the centre minor Lovely evergreen foliage - prefers shadier conditions - and Guzmania Guzmania G01 R 90,00 fascinating yellow, tubular flowers zahnii This species is native to Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica Endemic to Brazil Neoregelia ampullacea has moderate water needs and moderate to high light needs. Under more intense light it will display brighter Neoregelia Neoregelia N22 R 55,00 colours. ampullacea One of the smallest of the Neoregelia, this outstanding plant spreads loosely on wire-like stolons. Easily grown in low light and is well suited for hanging baskets and driftwood logs. Neoregelia Aztec is a beautiful dark red bromeliad with lime green Neoregelia spotting across the leaves. In bright light conditions it will maintain Neoregelia N36 R 150,00 Aztec its intense colour. Prefer shaded positions but may become greener if deprived of too much light. Neoregelia Neoregelia N19 R 95,00 Species endemic to Brazil camorimiana Brazil - The 'blushing Bromeliad'. Neoregelia Evergreen dark green leaves - The centre of the plant turns Neoregelia N38 R 75,00 carolinae carmine red when flowering. Small purple flowers among the bracts in the centre. Neoregelia Very limited quantities available carolinae x Neoregelia N07 R 220,00 Attractive plants with colour variation according to season as well concentrica as sunlight received with some striping and spotting Very limited quantities available Broad white and green striped leaves heavily barred and blotched Neoregelia Neoregelia N26 R 220,00 with raspberry red markings Castigado Neo (carolinae x concentrica) x (concentrica x 'Takemura Princeps') Also known as Fireball variegated - a lovely dark red colour with Neoregelia Neoregelia N21 R 95,00 some variegated bright pink striping especially when grown in Donger bright light conditions Single plants Neoregelia Neoregelia N01 R 40,00 If grown in low light it is green but becomes red when grown in full Fireball sunlight Neoregelia A combination of two of our most popular plants: Two Neoregelia Fireball on stick Hojo Rojo 'Fireball' plants mounted on a stick with Tillandsia Neoregelia N02 R 90,00 with Tillandsia usneoides. They make very attractive veranda plants and will usneoides eventually grow into a beautiful specimen. Neoregelia Gold Only limited quantities available Neoregelia N17 R 220,00 Medal With very attractive colouring, stripes and some spotting Neoregelia Gun Neoregelia N32 R 270,00 Very attractive colouring with broad leaves Powder Neoregelia Neoregelia punctatissima x carcharadon 'Tiger' Hannibal Lecter Neoregelia N16 R 200,00 hybridiser: Skotak cv Clarisse Neoregelia Attractive rosette with fabulous dark red markings on a green Howard Neoregelia N20 R 150,00 background Yamamoto Neoregelia Howard A green form with marginated edges, dark maroon markings and a Neoregelia N35 R 200,00 Yamamoto 'On dark purple centre. the Edge' Neoregelia Hades x Mercury Neoregelia N11 R 190,00 Jewellery Shop Hybridiser: Paterson Very limited quantities available Neoregelia Variations of red colouring over the striped leaves N28 R 220,00 Kahala Dawn Neo ('Rufus' x Meyendrofii') variegated Neoregelia Kiwi Beautiful green striped broad leaves with some darker maroon Neoregelia N41 R 220,00 Megan markings Neoregelia (carolinae x concentrica) x (concentrica x 'Takemura Princeps') Neoregelia N10 R 90,00 Lorena hybridiser: Skotak Only limited quantities available Neoregelia Very striking cerise pink margins Luna Neoregelia N27 R 220,00 Marginated Neo ((carolinae x concentrica) x 'Avalon') x (carolinae x concentrica) Neoregelia Neoregelia N31 R 200,00 Beautiful bold stripes with pink and red overlay Maggies Pride Neoregelia A lovely Neoregelia with dazzling red and green marbling and Neoregelia N30 R 75,00 marmorata spots. Sun and bright light intensifies the colouring. tristis x concentrica Neoregelia Neoregelia N13 R 200,00 Midnight synonym: WURTHMAN'S VOODOO Produces long cascades of plants on tough stolons - ideal for Neoregelia hanging baskets where it forms an attractive cluster of plants over Neoregelia N04 R 45,00 pauciflora time. Younger plants have green leaves blotched with purple, when older they also have grey cross-banding Very limited quantities available Neoregelia Perfectly beautiful Neoregelia N29 R 220,00 Perfection cv of 'Fosperior' which is most probably (fosteriana x spectabilis) Neoregelia Pink Flushing an attractive deep pink in season.
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    AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BROMELIAD BINOMIALS Compiled by HARRY E. LUTHER The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Sarasota, Florida, USA ELEVENTH EDITION Published by the Bromeliad Society International June 2008 ii INTRODUCTION TO EDITION XI This list is presented as a spelling guide for validly published taxa accepted at the Bromeliad Identification Center. The list contains the following information: 1) Genus number (the left-hand number) based on the systematic sequence published in the Smith & Downs monograph: Bromeliaceae (Flora Neotropica, number 14, parts 1-3; 1974, 1977, 1979). Whole numbers are as published in the monograph. 2) Species number (the second number) according to its systematic position in the monograph. Note: Taxa not included in the monograph or that have been reclassified have been assigned numbers to reflect their systematic position within the Smith & Downs framework (e.g., taxon 14.1 is related to taxon 14). The utility of this method is that one may assume for example that Tillandsia comarapaensis (150.2) is related to T. didisticha (150) and therefore may have certain horticultural qualities in common with that species. 3) Genus and species names follow the respective numbers. 4) Subspecific taxa (subspecies, varieties, forms) names are indented below the species names. Note: Variety "a" (the type variety) is not listed unless it contains a form (see Aechmea caudata ). Similarly, the type form is not listed. 5) Author name follows the specific and subspecific names. These names are included for the convenience of specialist users of the list. This list does not contain publication data or synonymy, as it is not our intent for it to be a technical nomenclatural guide.
  • Supplementary Material What Do Nectarivorous Bats Like? Nectar Composition in Bromeliaceae with Special Emphasis on Bat-Pollinated Species

    Supplementary Material What Do Nectarivorous Bats Like? Nectar Composition in Bromeliaceae with Special Emphasis on Bat-Pollinated Species

    Supplementary Material What do nectarivorous bats like? Nectar composition in Bromeliaceae with special emphasis on bat-pollinated species Author: Thomas Göttlinger, Michael Schwerdtfeger, Kira Tiedge, Gertrud Lohaus* *Correspondence: Gertrud Lohaus ([email protected]) Supplementary Figure S1: Concentration of sugars (glucose, fructose, sucrose) in nectar of seven genera of Bromeliaceae (Alcantarea (A), Guzmania (B), Pitcairnia (C), Puya (D), Tillandsia (E), Vriesea (F), Werauhia (G)) which include bat-pollinated species. The box plots show medians (horizontal line in box) and means (x in box). Supplementary Material What do nectarivorous bats like? Nectar composition in Bromeliaceae with special emphasis on bat-pollinated species Author: Thomas Göttlinger, Michael Schwerdtfeger, Kira Tiedge, Gertrud Lohaus* *Correspondence: Gertrud Lohaus ([email protected]) Supplementary Figure S2: Concentration of amino acids (ala, arg, asn, asp, gaba, gln, glu, gly, his, iso, leu, lys, met, phe, pro, ser, thr, trp, tyr, val) in nectar of seven genera of Bromeliaceae (Alcantarea (A), Guzmania (B), Pitcairnia (C), Puya (D), Tillandsia (E), Vriesea (F), Werauhia (G)), which include bat-pollinated species. The box plots show medians (horizontal line in box) and means (x in box). Supplementary Material What do nectarivorous bats like? Nectar composition in Bromeliaceae with special emphasis on bat-pollinated species Author: Thomas Göttlinger, Michael Schwerdtfeger, Kira Tiedge, Gertrud Lohaus* *Correspondence: Gertrud Lohaus ([email protected]) Supplementary Figure S3: Cation concentrations (Ca2+, K+, Na+, Mg2+) in nectar of seven genera of Bromeliaceae (Alcantarea (A), Guzmania (B), Pitcairnia (C), Puya (D), Tillandsia (E), Vriesea (F), Werauhia (G)), which include bat-pollinated species. The box plots show medians (horizontal line in box) and means (x in box).