Alcantarea vandenbergii
A rosette bromeliad from rock outcrops in the low hills of eastern Bahia, Brazil. It grows in hot, bright conditions with no true cold season, and rain that is modest but spread through the year. Give it full sun, warmth all year and a fast-draining mineral mix.
Where it grows wild
Like other north-eastern Alcantarea it most likely grows on exposed granite or gneiss inselbergs, rooting into crevices in full sun. This comes from the genus pattern; species-specific habitat notes are thin.
Few records carry an elevation; the recorded sites lie at roughly 30–500 m.
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