Vriesea cearensis
A rare Vriesea from the humid mountain forest of the Serra de Maranguape in Ceará, northeastern Brazil, found at 800–985 m. It grows as a shade-loving epiphyte, sometimes on rock, has leaves with a whitish hairy coating and cream flowers that open at night. It expects a long, hard dry season.
Where it grows wild
Epiphytic, sometimes on rock, in humid montane forest ('mata úmida', 'floresta de altitude') on rocky slopes near Pico da Rajada. One label calls it shade-loving and uncommon, and another says it grows about 1 m above the ground.
Records run from 800 to 985 m, median 920 m.
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