• Genus: - The genus or nothogenus (bigeneric) name.
• Name: - The name of the plant, lowercase = species, single quotes ('...') = Cultivar.
  Please note that in order to facilitate searching italics ARE NOT USED for species names.
• Remarks: - May contain country of origin, parentage information or links to articles.
• Photos: - Contains thumbnails of the photos held on the fcbs.org site, the photographers name, may include additional info about specific photo.
• Species/Cultivar: - Indicates Species or Cultivar, if left blank plant could be a natural hybrid (species 'A' X species 'B') or an unnamed 'Cultivar' listed by formula.
• Taxonomic rank: - there are four choices, 1)? (unknown), 2)Bigeneric, 3)Hybrid, 4)Species
• Hybridizer: - The name of the Hybridizer is printed without additional symbols, the Collector is identified with a + symbol, the Namer by an * symbol and the Developer, whose name is enclosed in (parentheses).
• Seed parent: - If species is listed in lowercase, if Cultivar in single quotes ('...').
• Pollen parent: - If species is listed in lowercase, if Cultivar in single quotes ('...')
• Modify date: - The last date the record was modified. The format is DD-MMM-YYYY (ex. 02-Apr-2001)
• Creation date: - The date the record was created. The format is DD-MMM-YYYY (ex. 02-Apr-2001)

You may search on any of the fields in the database or a combination of fields.

If you wish to search for Aechmea species, select Aechmea from the Genus: field and Species from the Species/Cultivar: field.
Alternatively, if you wish to search for Aechmea Cultivars, select Aechmea from the Genus: field and Cultivar from the Species/Cultivar: field.

You may further refine your search by searching for Hybrid Cultivars or Species Cultivars. Just check the appropriate choice in the Taxonomic rank: field. For example, if you wish to search for Aechmea Cultivars that are Species, select Aechmea from the Genus: field, Cultivar from the Species/Cultivar: field and Species from the Taxonomic rank: field.

If you are looking for a particular plant, just enter its name in the Name: field. Case does not matter unless you select "Match Case" from the Search Options at the bottom of the Search form. There is also no need to enter the single quotes ('...') for Cultivar names.

You may search by Hybridizer: to find say all the photos of Billbergia hybrids by Don Beadle.

If you would like to find all the plants that contain say Aechmea orlandiana as either the Seed parent or Pollen parent, enter orlandiana in the Seed parent: and Pollen parent: fields and BE SURE TO SELECT "Match Any" FROM THE SEARCH OPTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEARCH FORM.

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