The title of Honorary Trustee was established in 1951 by the founding Board of Directors to recognize and honor those individual members whose distinguished contributions over the years have significantly advanced the multi-faceted purposes of the Bromeliad Society International.
| Name | Country | Year Elected | Journal References (Vol:Page) |
|---|---|---|---|
| David H. Benzing | U.S.A. | 1992 | 42:147 |
| Nat DeLeon | U.S.A. | 2000 | 50:275 |
| Grace M. Goode | Australia | 1987 | 37:191,195,198 |
| A. B. Graf | U.S.A. | 1962 | 12:2 |
| Roberto A. Kautsky | Brazil | 1986 | 36:191,195 |
| Marcel LeCoufle | France | 1968 | 18:74 |
| Elton M. C. Leme | Brazil | 2000 | 50:83 |
| Elmer J. Lorenz | U.S.A. | 1985 | 35:246 |
| Harry E. Luther | U.S.A. | 1994 | 44:195-196 |
| William Morris | Australia | 1962 | 12:2; 57:92-93 |
| Herb Plever | U.S.A. | 2006 | 56:234-235 |
| Name | Country | Year Elected | Date of Death | Journal References (Vol:Page) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Castellanos | Argentina | 1951 | 5 Sep 1968 | 1:3; 9:123-126 |
| Jules Chantrier | France | 1951 | 6 Jan 1955 | 1:3 |
| Charles Chevalier | Belgium | 1951 | 15 Mar 1963 | 1:3 |
| David Fairchild | U.S.A. | 1951 | 6 Aug 1954 | 1:3 |
| F.C. (Frederico Carlos) Hoehne | Brazil | 1951 | 16 Mar 1959 | 1:3 |
| Charles G. Hodgson | Australia | 1951 | 1969 | 1:3; 19:53 |
| Charles K. Lankester | England | 1951 | 8 July 1969 | 1:3; 19:127; 20:8-10 |
| Henry Teuscher | Canada | 1951 | 1984 | 1:4 |
| Muriel Waterman | New Zealand | 1951 | 1961 | 1:3; 35:225 |
| Raulino Reitz | Brazil | 1954 | 20 Nov 1990 | 10:2; 41:58 |
| Walter Richter | Germany | 1960 | 10 Feb 1997 | 10:2; 47:226-227 |
| Lyman B. Smith | U.S.A. | 1960 | 4 May 1997 | 10:2; 47:199-210 |
| Adda Abendroth | Brazil | 1962 | 23 Nov 1981 | 12:2; 32:79 |
| Mulford B. Foster | U.S.A. | 1962 | 28 Aug 1978 | 12:2; 28:243-244 |
| Harold Martin | New Zealand | 1962 | Oct 2007 | 12:2; 58:43 |
| W.B. Charley | Australia | 1963 | 1976 | 13:74; 26:123 |
| Richard Oeser | Germany | 1963 | 4 Jul 1974 | 13:2 |
| Werner Rauh | Germany | 1969 | 7 Apr 2000 | 19:26; 50:122-124 |
| Luis Ariza-Julia | Dominican Republic | 1970 | 24 Sep 1989 | 20:98; 40:10 |
| Olwen Ferris | Australia | 1970 | 4 Mar 2004 | 20:122;54:88-89 |
| Julien Marnier-Lapostolle | France | 1970 | 18 Feb 1976 | 20:122; 26-93 |
| Robert G. Wilson | Costa Rica | 1970 | 8 Apr 1989 | 20:98; 39:205 |
| David Barry, Jr. | U.S.A. | 1972 | 1 Feb 1978 | 22:74; 28:115-116 |
| Robert W. Read | U.S.A. | 1977 | 15 Jul 2003 | 27:194; 53:157-159 |
| William W.G. Moir | U.S.A. | 1980 | 21 Feb 1985 | 30:98; 35:158 |
| Roberto Burle Marx | Brazil | 1982 | 4 Jun 1994 | 32:3-11; 44:198-199 |
| Victoria Padilla | U.S.A. | 1982 | 16 Sep 1986 | 32:2; 37:3-7 |
| William Weber | Germany | 1984 | 30 Jul 1986 | 36:264-265 |
| Racine Sarasy Foster | U.S.A. | 1985 | 21 Mar 1991 | 35:191; 41:109 |
| Ed Hummel | U.S.A. | 1991 | 29 Nov 1979 | 30:23; 42:33 |
| Charles A. Wiley | U.S.A. | 1991 | 30 May 1980 | 30:227-8; 41:219; 42:33 |