LIBRARY

The Greater New Orleans Bromeliad Society maintains a library for the use and benefit of its members.  Books and articles are available to be checked out for a one month period.  A maximum of three books may be borrowed at a time.

Call Shirley Schexnayder for books designated with an asterisk, *.
Call Bonnie Boutwell for all others.


Books and Articles:

A Bromeliad Glossary   By Victoria Padilla (1977)
A Preliminary Listing of all Known Cultivars and Grex Names for the Bromeliaceae
   By Don Beadle (1991)
Art in the Garden   By Dr. R. E. Atkinson (1962)

Blooming Bromeliads   By Ulrich and Ursula Baensch, November, 1994
Brazil, Orchids of the Tropics   By M. B. & R. S. Foster (1945)
Bromeliaceae Andreanea   By Edouard Francois Andre (1983)
Bromeliaceae Ole 
  1982 World Bromeliad Conference

* Bromeliad Horticulture in the New Orleans Area  By George Anderson (1974)
* Bromeliads a Cultural Handbook   By Victoria Padilla
* Bromeliads for Home, Garden & Greenhouse   By Werner Rauh
Bromeliads in Color & Their Culture   By Victoria Padilla
* Bromeliads in Cultivation   By Bob & Catherine Wilson
Bromeliads   By Lad Cutak ( Missouri  Botanical Garden  Bulletin)
Bromeliads   By Victoria Padilla (1973)
Bromeliads   By Walter Richter (1977)
Bromeliads, Tropical Air Plants   By Bill Seaborn
Bromeliad Society International Members Directory   (1981)

Contributions to the Flora of Venezuela    By J. A. Steyermark
Cryptanthus Cultivars
   (1989)

Flora Neotropica (Monograph #14)   By L. B. Smith & R. J. Downs
Flora Neotropica (Monograph #14)   By L. B. Smith & R. J. Downs (October 1974)
Flora of   Texas   By C. L. Lundell et al. (L. B. Smith)
Flower Arranging Made Easy  By Gene Taylor (1996)

Genus Tillandsia   By Paul T. Isley III (1977)
Genus Tillandsia, The World’s Most Unusual Air Plants
   By Paul Isley III, “Grande” Magazine, Volumes 1-4

* Handbook for Judges and Exhibitors     First Edition, (1982)
How to Identify Plants   By Harrington & Durrell

Miscellaneous New Taxa of Bromeliaceae VIII   By Harry Luther, (Selbyana, 12:68-90)

New Approved to Design Principals   By Anne B. Sutter (1967)
Notes on Bromeliaceae I-XXXIII
   By L. B. Smith
Notes on Bromeliaceae
Vol I-XXXIII   By Lyman Smith, Reprinted From Phytologia 1953-1971

One Mo Time   World Bromeliad Conference, New Orleans (1986)
Orchids & Other Air Plants
   By F. C. Craighead
Organic Gardening & Farming
  (article on bromeliads)  By Rodale Press, Inc.

Plants & Gardens   By Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Studies in the Bromeliaceae   By L. B. Smith  I-XVII Read Herbarium 1977

Terrestrial Bromeliads   By M. B. Foster
The Aechmea / Gravisia Complex (Bromeliaceae)   By Robert Read & Harry Luther (Selbyana, 12:54-67)
The Beauty of Bromeliads   By Tony Lea (Donated by Grace Goode, Queensland,  Australia)
* The Biology of Bromeliads   By Benzing
The Bromeliaceae of Columbia XXVII   By L. B. Smith
The Bromeliads of Brazil   By L. B. Smith (Smithsonian Report 1942)
The Bromeliads of Brazil   By L. B. Smith  No. XXVII Read Herbarium
The Bromeliads of Ecuador   By A. J. Gilmartin (1972)
* The Bromeliads, Jewels of the Tropics  By M. Lee & L. B. Smith
* The Colorful Bromeliads  By Victoria Padilla (1981)
The Complete Flower Arranger   By Amalie Asher (1974)
* The Encyclopedia of Judging & Exhibiting  Floriculture & Flora-Artistry, Fourth Edition, By Ester V. Hamil
The Ikebana & Bonzai Diary  By Mimeko Chigira (1983)
The International Checklist of Bromeliad Hybrids          By The Bromeliad Society Incorporated
Tillandsia Handbook  By Hideo Shimzu and Hiroyuki Takizawa (1992)
Tropica
  By A. B Graf
Two New Species of Aechmea (Bromeliaceae)   By Harry Luther

World Bromeliad Conference Proceedings   Orlando (1996)


Journals:

"The Bromeliad Society, Inc."   assorted journals and articles

"The Cryptanthus Society"   assorted journals and articles


Prints:
(all prints are by Penny Rowe)

Aechmea Chantinii
Ananas Nanas & Ananas Erectifolia

Billbergia Amoena v. Amoena

Canistrum Fosterianum
Catopsis Compacta
Cryptanthus Racinae

Guzmania Lindenii

Hechtia Rosea

Neoregelia Albiflora
Nidularium Innocentii v. Lineatum

Tillandsia Streptophylia

Vriesea Gultinosa

Last Updated:  8/23/07  3:00PM