Harry E. Luther (1952 – October 17, 2012) was an American botanist, having conducted extensive botanical expeditions to Florida, Mexico, Panama, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
[1] Luther served on the staff of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida, for 32 years.
He was the director of the Bromeliad Identification Center, working for 32 years at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida where he assembled "the world's largest living collection of bromeliad species".
[4] The Bromeliad Society International (BSI) encourages public education, conservation, and scientific research of bromeliads by funding the "Harry E. Luther & Victoria Padilla Research, Conservation and Education Fund".
[5][6] The winter 2012-2013 edition of the Journal of the Bromeliad Society was called the "Harry E. Luther Memorial Issue".