Introduction
I am the new Registrar of Cultivars for 2000 and on. My name is Derek Butcher
of 25 Crace Rd, Fulham, 5024, South Australia, Australia. Email
cultivars@bsi.org.
Remember that a man-made hybrid is a Cultivar but a Cultivar is not
necessarily a hybrid because it can also be a cultural form of a wild species.
Thanks primarily to the previous Registrar, Don Beadle, I have a computer
database which was used to print the Bromeliad Cultivar Registry in 1998.
In 2000 I was lucky enough to have Michael Andreas who converted this file
to one that I could access from here in Australia and add, amend or delete as
I saw fit. In fact, a brilliant concept where we can appoint future
Registrars from anywhere in the World with a minimum of fuss and where the
actual records are more secure than they were previously.
International Registration Authority
The Bromeliad Society International is such an ICRA and therefore follows the
rules set down under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants.
The last publication was issued in 2004 (prepared and edited by C.D. Bricknell
(Chairman) et al., members of the Editorial Committee).
This booklet of some 125 pages may be purchased from
www.actahort.org/books/647.
Bromeliad Cultivar Registry
This Registry is based on the ICNCP (International Code of Nomenclature of
Cultivated Plants) rules for information supplied on Cultivated plants. It
does not contain solely those plants that have been advised on the formal
Registration Document.
There are a few changes in format from the 1998 Edition in that more emphasis
is placed on accepted names in the main section. Therefore James Elmore's
hybrids have been merged into the main file. Others now form a list of their
own. These are:
The printed version of this registry can be obtained from the Publications
Officer. While we cannot show you photographs in this Registry due to cost
constraints, those that we have on file can be accessed via the
Online Cultivar Database.
Genera And Nothogenera Found In The Bromeliad Cultivar Registry
NOTE: Any new nothogenera can only be accepted by publishing a proposal
in the BSI Journal or similar publication.
Genera
Aechmea
Nothogenera
×Aechopsis (Aechmea × Canistropsis) D Butcher, J. Brom. Soc. 49: 14. 1999
Bromeliad Cultivar Registry Updates
Every two years I intend to provide an update which will be on this BSI site so
that you can print it to update your own copy of the Bromeliad Cultivar Registry
1998. The first list will be available in June 2000 to coincide with the
World Conference.
Notice To Hybridists
The catch phrase is QUALITY NOT QUANTITY. Bromeliads are naturally promiscuous
and fecund and we all have a responsibility to weed out the inferior and grow
the better forms. If in doubt PUTITINABIN.
If a plant is good enough to grow then it is good enough to be given a name.
Please check the Registration form at the end of this Section. This can
easily be printed for as many copies as you want.
Notice To Affiliate Societies
We know the problems that occur when you have a plant of Show quality but
which has a grex formula or a name not found in the Bromeliad Cultivar
Registry. An example of grex formula is Aechmea (recurvata × chantinii).
You don't know whether it is acceptable - according to the rules! Why not
take a photograph and give me as much detail as possible (and a new name
instead of the grex formula) and I'll put it in the Bromeliad Cultivar
Registry. The photograph can be either shown on this web site or fcbs.org or
both depending on your wishes. This way we will be capturing the better class
Cultivars for posterity. We must also stress to hybridists for 'Quality not
Quantity' and hope that we can work ourselves out of the myriad of say,
inferior unnamed Neoregelia hybrids which should have been culled years ago.
Notice To Nurserymen
We know the problems that occur when you get a plant of good sellable
quality but it has no name or just the parental formula. Check our Registry.
If you cannot find it, why not give it a name and send us a photograph with
as much information about the plant that you know? Even if it has a name but
we don't have a photo you can still gain. Because your name will be recorded
with the photograph when visitors to our Site see a plant they desire you are
getting free publicity. This is in addition to mention being made in the
Cultivar Registry. You may also consider linking your own Web site to the
photographs we hold and concentrate your own efforts on current promotions.
A win-win situation.
Notice To Bromeliophiles Outside The USA And Australia
We know that hybridists exist outside these Countries but very rarely do we
hear of their exploits. Cultivars do form part of World Trade and the
Bromeliad Society did change its name from Incorporated to International.
The Bromeliad Cultivar Registry is no different and should cover the World.
We encourage your participation.
There is no 'List of Unknown Cultivar names' because that is contrary to the
aims of Registration and problem names are constantly under review.
Alcantarea
Ananas
Billbergia
Canistropsis
Canistrum
Cryptanthus
Dyckia
Guzmania
Hechtia
Hohenbergia
Neoregelia
Nidularium
Orthophytum
Pitcairnia
Portea
Puya
Quesnelia
Tillandsia
Vriesea
Werauhia
Wittrockia
×Anagelia (Ananas × Neoregelia) E L Smith, J. Brom. Soc. 33: 72. 1983
×Anamea (Ananas × Aechmea) Anon., Int. Checklist Brom. Hyb. 22. 1979
×Ananananas (Ananas × Pseudananas) D A Beadle, Prelim. List. Cult. Grex Brom. 20. 1991
×Androlaechmea (Androlepis × Aechmea) Anon., Brom. Soc. Bull. 1: 24. 1951
×Billmea (Billbergia × Aechmea) K Williams, J. Brom. Soc. 24:26. 1974
×Billnelia (Billbergia × Quesnelia) A D Hawkes, Brom. Pap. 1(6): 52. 1959
×Billque Note this name is invalid. See ×Billnelia
×Canegelia (Canistrum × Neoregelia) D Butcher, Hybridists Handbook Ed. 3: 2. 1991
×Canmea (Canistrum × Aechmea) Foster & Foster, J. Brom. Soc. 23: 175. 1973
×Cannelia Note this name is invalid. See ×Quesistrum
×Cryptananas (Cryptanthus × Ananas) D A Beadle, Prelim. List. Cult. Grex Brom. 36. 1991
×Cryptbergia (Cryptanthus × Billbergia) Anon., Brom. Soc. Bull.2: 72. 1952
×Cryptmea (Cryptanthus × Aechmea) E L Smith, J. Brom. Soc. 33: 72. 1983
×Deuterocairnia (Deuterocohnia × Pitcairnia) D Butcher, J. Brom. Soc. 52: 51. 2002
×Dyckcohnia (Dyckia × Deuterocohnia) G H Anderson ex Grant, Selbyana 19:116. 1998
×Dycktia (Dyckia × Hechtia) D A Beadle, Prelim. List. Cult. Grex Brom. 82. 1991
×Guzlandsia (Guzmania × Tillandsia) Anon., Int. Checklist Brom. Hyb. 35. 1979
×Guzvriesea (Guzmania × Vriesea) A D Hawkes, Brom. Pap. 1(5): 45. 1959
×Hechcohnia (Hechtia × Deuterocohnia) G H Anderson ex Grant, Selbyana 19:117. 1998
×Hohenelia (Hohenbergia × Quesnelia) D Butcher, J. Brom. Soc. 52: 51. 2002
×Hohenmea (Hohenbergia × Aechmea) Sousa, Silva, & Sousa, J. Brom. Soc. 53: 71. 2003
×Hohentea (Hohenbergia × Portea) D A Beadle, Prelim. List. Cult. Grex Brom. 89. 1991
×Neobergia (Neoregelia × Billbergia) E L Smith, J. Brom. Soc. 33:73. 1983
×Neobergiopsis (Neoregelia × Hohenbergiopsis) D Butcher, J. Brom. Soc. 51: 7. 2001
×Neomea (Neoregelia × Aechmea) M B Foster, Brom. Soc. Bull. 8: 75. 1958
×Neophytum (Neoregelia × Orthophytum) M B Foster, Brom. Soc. Bull. 8: 73. 1958
×Neorockia (Neoregelia × Wittrockia) D Butcher, J. Brom. Soc. 49: 14. 1999
×Neostropsis (Neoregelia × Canistropsis) D Butcher, J. Brom. Soc. 49: 14. 1999
×Neotanthus (Neoregelia × Cryptanthus) Anon., Int. Checklist Brom. Hyb. 47. 1979
×Nidbergia (Nidularium × Billbergia) Butcher, Checklist Brom. Hybrids Australia: 28. 1982
×Nidulistrum (Nidularium × Canistrum) A D Hawkes, Brom. Pap. 3(9): 85. 1963
×Nidumea (Nidularium × Aechmea) L B Smith, Brom.Soc Bull. 18: 93. 1968
×Niduregelia (Nidularium × Neoregelia) A D Hawkes, Brom. Pap. 3(9): 85. 1963
×Ortholarium (Orthophytum × Nidularium) Foster & Foster, J. Brom. Soc. 23: 175. 1973
×Orthomea (Orthophytum × Aechmea) E L Smith, J. Brom. Soc. 33:75. 1983
×Orthotanthus (Orthophytum × Cryptanthus) Anon., J. Brom Soc. 24: 26. 1974
×Pitinia (Pitcairnia × Pepinia) Note This is now obsolete because Pepinia is now Pitcairnia.
×Portemea (Portea × Aechmea) Ariza-Julia, J. Brom. Soc. 28: 21. 1978
×Pseudanamea (Pseudananas × Aechmea) Baensch & Baensch, Bluh. Brom.: 249. 1994
×Puckia (Dyckia × Puya) D Butcher, J. Brom. Soc. 52: 52. 2002
×Pucohnia (Puya × Deuterocohnia) G H Anderson ex D A Beadle, Prelim. List. Cult. Grex Brom. 200. 1991
×Quesistrum (Quesnelia × Canistrum) H Graf ex D A Beadle, Brom. Cult. Reg.: 350. 1998
×Quesmea (Quesnelia × Aechmea) Knobloch, J. Brom. Soc. 22: 58. 1972
×Quesregelia (Quesnelia × Neoregelia) J Carrone, J. Brom.Soc. 33: 207. 1983
×Streptolarium (Streptocalyx × Nidularium) Note This is now obsolete because Streptocalyx is now Aechmea
×Streptomea (Streptocalyx × Aechmea) Note this is now obsolete because Streptocalyx is now Aechmea.
×Ursumea (Ursulaea × Aechmea) D Butcher, J Brom. Soc. 55(2): 56. 2005
×Vriecantarea (Vriesea × Alcantarea) J R Grant, Phytologia 79: 256. 1996
×Vrierauhia (Vriesea × Werauhia) D Shiigi ex D A Beadle, Brom. Cult. Reg.: 363. 1998
×Vrieslandsia (Vriesea × Tillandsia) C. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Natl. Hort. France V, 4: 213-5. 1931