协会宗旨与组织定位
国际凤梨协会（The Bromeliad Society International，BSI）创立于 1950 年，是世界上规模最大的凤梨科植物（Bromeliaceae）专业学术组织。其宗旨是促进并维护公众与科学界对凤梨科植物研究、繁育、保护与推广的兴趣，覆盖自然种与杂交种在全球范围内的传播。协会每年举办世界凤梨大会（World Bromeliad Conference，简称 WBC），下一届 WBC 2026 将于加利福尼亚州举行。协会采用理事会（Board of Directors）治理结构，下设 Officers、Chairmen、各专门委员会，并设立 Honorary Trustees 名誉理事席位，长期资助科研与教育活动。
核心服务与会员体系
BSI 通过季刊《Journal of the Bromeliad Society》（ISSN 0090-8738，每年四期，佛罗里达州奥兰多出版）向会员传递学术与产业资讯，编辑团队由 Andrew Flower 领衔，并设立包含 David H. Benzing、Gregory K. Brown、Eric Gouda、Jason Grant、Elton M. C. Leme、Walter Till 等国际分类学家在内的编辑顾问委员会。协会设立两类核心奖项：每两年一届的凤梨品种登录奖（BSI Cultivar Registration Awards，2004 年首次颁发，首批获奖者来自加利福尼亚、夏威夷与西澳大利亚三个产区）以及自 2001 年设立的 Wally Berg Award of Excellence，以纪念已故的佛罗里达州萨拉索塔著名种植者 Wally Berg（1927—2000）。会员还可访问内部资源、加入种子库（SEED Bank）、订阅协会简报，并通过 BSI Store 获取文化手册与文献副本。
凤梨科植物特性与国际品种登录
凤梨科（Bromeliaceae）是一个拥有 3000 多个已描述物种、约 56 个属的庞大植物家族，最著名的成员是菠萝（Ananas comosus）。凤梨花在历史记载中始于 1493 年哥伦布第二次航行归来时将菠萝从加勒比海引种至西班牙；之后凤梨逐步进入欧洲：1776 年 Guzmania lingulata、1828 年 Aechmea fasciata、1840 年 Vriesea splendens。凤梨科地理分布以新大陆热带与亚热带为核心，从智利、阿根廷延伸至中美洲与加勒比海，最北达到美国东南部弗吉尼亚州；唯一例外是非洲西部发现的 Pitcairnia feliciana，垂直分布从海平面一直延伸到海拔一万四千英尺。基于近十余年 DNA 分子系统学研究，凤梨科被划分为八个亚科：Brochinioideae、Lindmanioideae、Hechtioideae、Navioideae、Pitcairnioideae、Puyoideae、Tillandsioideae 与 Bromelioideae。BSI 维护的 BCR（Bromeliad Cultivar Register）是国际公认的杂交种与栽培种登录权威数据库，登录工作由 Derek Butcher 等长期分类学家主持，名单可在 BSI 官网公开查询。
学术资源与国际分会网络
BSI 通过其下属的 Mulford B. Foster 凤梨研究中心（位于佛罗里达州萨拉索塔 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens）保存物种级文献档案、原始描述、照片与分类学数据，由 Harry E. Luther 及其助手 Edna Sieff 累积 32 年的成果构成核心馆藏。BSI 图书馆原由前编辑 Tom Lineham 建立，后由 Chet Blackburn 接续，1993 年从加利福尼亚州奥本市运抵佛罗里达，由 Bruce Holst 与 Terrie Bert 接管，向会员与科学界提供现场查询与高速扫描服务。协会通过《The Harry E. Luther & Victoria Padilla Research, Conservation, and Education Fund》资助原生境保护、分类学与公众教育项目，并在全球范围维护一个由各国家或地方分会组成的 Affiliated Societies 网络，定期召开 BSI Standard Show 与 BSI Judged Bromeliad Show 标准展与评审展，鼓励各国分会提交获奖栽培作品。
Mission and Organizational Identity
The Bromeliad Society International (BSI), founded in 1950, is the world’s largest specialty society devoted to the plant family Bromeliaceae. Its stated mission is to promote and maintain both public and scientific interest in the research, development, preservation, and distribution of bromeliads — natural species and hybrids alike — across the globe. The society is governed by an elected Board of Directors supported by Officers, standing Committees, Chairmen and Services, and a council of Honorary Trustees. Its flagship international gathering is the World Bromeliad Conference (WBC); the next WBC is scheduled for 2026 in California, continuing a tradition of biennial world congresses that bring together hobbyists, professional growers, taxonomists, and conservationists from every continent where bromeliads are cultivated or studied.
Membership Tiers and Core Services
BSI delivers ongoing value to its members through several long-running programs. The quarterly Journal of the Bromeliad Society (ISSN 0090-8738), published in Orlando, Florida, is the society’s flagship publication under Editor Andrew Flower with an international Editorial Advisory Board that includes David H. Benzing, Gregory K. Brown, Eric Gouda, Jason Grant, Elton M. C. Leme, and Walter Till. Two prestigious award programs recognize excellence: the biennial BSI Cultivar Registration Awards, first presented in 2004 to John Arden (California), Sharon Petersen (Hawaii), and Vic Przetocki (Western Australia) for cultivar registrations during 2002–2003, and the Wally Berg Award of Excellence, established in 2001 in memory of the late Wally Berg (1927–2000) of Sarasota, Florida, whose diversified private collection and generous donations to research and the Marie Selby Bromeliad Research Center set a standard for the global bromeliad community. Members gain access to the members-only section, the SEED Bank, the BSI Store, and the Bromeliad Culture Brochure.
Bromeliad Family Features and International Cultivar Registration
The family Bromeliaceae contains over 3000 described species in approximately 56 genera, the most famous being the pineapple (Ananas comosus). Other familiar members include Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), which is neither Spanish nor a moss. The family entered recorded history in 1493, when Columbus returned from his second voyage carrying pineapple from the Caribbean; further introductions to European cultivation followed in 1776 (Guzmania lingulata), 1828 (Aechmea fasciata), and 1840 (Vriesea splendens). Bromeliads are a Neotropical family centered in South America — Brazil hosts the greatest species diversity — with extensions into Central America, the Caribbean, and reaching their northern limit in southeastern Virginia, USA; a single species (Pitcairnia feliciana) is found in western Africa. Altitudinal range spans sea level to over 14,000 feet. Modern DNA-based research has reorganized the family into eight subfamilies: Brochinioideae, Lindmanioideae, Hechtioideae, Navioideae, Pitcairnioideae, Puyoideae, Tillandsioideae, and Bromelioideae. BSI maintains the BCR (Bromeliad Cultivar Register), the official international registry of bromeliad hybrid and cultivar names, where hybridizers may submit new cultivar names for publication and recognition.
Academic Resources and International Affiliate Network
BSI sustains a substantial academic infrastructure. The Mulford B. Foster Bromeliad Research Center at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida, maintains species-level folders with original descriptions, photographs, and taxonomic data compiled by Harry E. Luther over 32 years of service and his assistant Edna Sieff; the BSI Library itself was built by former Editor Tom Lineham, expanded by Chet Blackburn, and relocated in 1993 from Auburn, California to Sarasota under the care of Bruce Holst and Terrie Bert, where it serves members and visiting researchers by appointment. The Harry E. Luther & Victoria Padilla Research, Conservation, and Education Fund channels donations into habitat preservation, taxonomic research, and public education. Beyond its central operations, BSI coordinates an international network of Affiliated Societies — regional and national bromeliad clubs across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and beyond — and hosts the BSI Standard Show and BSI Judged Bromeliad Show, providing a framework for cultivar judging, exhibition standards, and inter-society knowledge exchange.
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