Vriesea crassa
A robust, sun-loving tank bromeliad endemic to the highlands of south-eastern Brazil, from the Serra dos Órgãos and Três Picos in Rio de Janeiro to the Caparaó massif. It grows mainly on rock outcrops and in high-altitude grassland (campo de altitude) at about 1700–2100 m. That means strong light, cool nights and some winter chill.
Where it grows wild
Specimen labels describe it mainly on rock (rupicolous), sometimes epiphytic or on the ground, in campo de altitude grassland, on rock outcrops rich in bromeliads, and at the edges of montane forest. It is recorded as sun-loving.
GBIF records cluster at about 1700–1910 m and reach 2145 m. A few low-elevation or sea-level values are probably coordinate or elevation errors.
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