Vriesea altomacaensis
A Brazilian Atlantic Forest Vriesea described by A. Costa and named after Macaé de Cima in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro state. Unusually, specimen labels describe it as terrestrial, forming dense populations with erect-leaved rosettes in sun or semi-shade in cloud forest at about 1,180–1,425 m. Grow it as a cool-intermediate, bright, humid tank bromeliad.
Where it grows wild
Known from the Macaé de Cima reserve, Pedra Bicuda and nearby sites around Nova Friburgo in the Serra do Mar, in high-altitude cloud forest. Labels call it terrestrial and heliophilous to semi-heliophilous, sometimes sciophilous, forming dense stands with a dense rosette of erect leaves and pale brown to wine-tinged sheaths.
Labelled elevations are 1,179–1,425 m, mostly about 1,300 m.
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