The American Fern Society is over 100 years old. With over 900 members worldwide, it is one of the largest international fern clubs in the world. It was established in 1893 with the objective of fostering interest in ferns and fern allies. To this end it encourages correspondence and the exchange of information and specimens between members via its newsletter the Fiddlehead Forum.

OrchidWeb has been designed to offer you an online introduction to the art and science of growing orchids, as well as a timely reference.

The purposes of this society are to promote and maintain public and scientific interest in the research, development, preservation, and distribution of bromeliads, both natural and hybrid, throughout the world, and to promote fellowship. This is another great information resource for epiphytes since many Bromeliads are epiphytic.

A nice site from the Netherlands. Mostly deals with epiphytic cactus.

The official site of the International Aroid Society. Many aroids are epiphytic such as Philodendrons and Anthuriums. Great resource!

The Pleurothallid Alliance encourages the cultivation, conservation and appreciation of all orchids of the subtribe Pleurothallidinae. They also assist in disseminating knowledge about them, gathering information about habitats; and supporting horticultural and scientific studies of pleurothallid orchids. This is a great site!

The San Diego Fern Society (SDFS) has designed this site to provide an international source of fern-related information for the fern hobbyist. These resources include:

This society meets 1st Thursday of each month at the San Francisco CityFair building, 9th and Lincoln in San Francisco, quarterly newsletter, $12 a year. Email the contact for info on joining

If you live in the New York area this is a wonderful resource for meeting with and talking to others with a love for Bromeliads. For those of us that have no societies local to us, we can only wish we had this type of way to meet and trade plants. The focus is to grow them as house plants.