BROMELIADS 
Bromeliads are marvelous house plants, provide accents for tropical gardens, and 
are of horticultural importance to all owners of ornamental greenhouses. Attractive 
whether or not in flower, they are easy plants to grow. 
For detailed information, order BROMELIADS—A CULTURAL HANDBOOK, either 
from us or from The Bromeliad Society, at $1.50. We recommend joining The Brome- 
liad Society; dues, including the Bulletin, are $3.50 per year. Address inquiries to 
the secretary, Miss Victoria Padilla, 647 South Saltair Avenue, Los Angeles 49, Calif. 
110. AECHMEA CAUDATA. A fine garden plant in Southern California. The long 
leaves are striped with yellow. The flowers on the spikes are also yellow. The plant 
soon becomes a huge clump. 
111. AECHMEA CHANTINI. One of the notable members of the Bromeliaceae. The 
green leaves are cross-barred with silvery-white. Because the area of each color is about 
the same, the plant is as much silvery-white as green. The sharp contrast between 
the two colors gives a clean crispness to the plant, which is 2 feet in diameter, 1 2 
feet in height. The spike is stunning—long lasting, bright orange-red scape bracts 
with an open, spreading, branched inflorescence with delightful colors of orange 
and yellow. Venezuela. 
112. AECHMEA COELESTIS. The leaves form a tall slender vase; the spike is a 
branched panicle with reddish calyces from which emerge sky blue petals that look like 
bright berries. Brazil. 
113. AECHMEA CYLINDRATA. This 
species is twice as wide as it is high. 
There is a terminal point at the end 
of the broad, squared-off leaves. 
114. AECHMEA FASCIATA. Import- 
ed, of a selected Belgian type, so su- 
perior to as hardly to be recognized 
for the same species that we have 
grown for years, this plant has a 
broad-leaved rosette thickly dusted 
with whitish powder. It is beautiful 
when out of spike, and when in spike 
—devastating. The large spike keeps 
its soft pink color for months and pro- 
duces flowers of delicate lavender- 
blue. 
115. AECHMEA FULGENS. The green 
leaves form a slender vase. The num- 
erous berry-like flowers are a rich red, 
out of which extend blue-tipped pet- 
als. A very fine house plant. 
Aechmea fasciata 
116. AECHMEA FULGENS VAR. DISCOLOR. The spike and its flowers are identical 
with those of the last item. The under leaves are powdery—purplish—the upper, 
powdery green. South America. 
117. AECHMEA HYSTRIX. The porcupine Aechmea. This tough plant can stand rough 
treatment and full sun. When it is out of flower, you might mistake it for an agave. 
118. AECHMEA LAGENARIA. Aechmea lamarchei Mez. This is a very interesting 
species that we have not yet succeeded in flowering. The rosette is dense with many flat 
green leaves and is about 12 inches in diameter. 
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