Vriesea duvaliana
A soft-leaved epiphytic Vriesea endemic to the Atlantic rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil, and widely grown as an ornamental (it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit). It grows on trees in the hot, very wet lowland and submontane forest near the coast. At home it wants warmth, shade to dappled light, high humidity and a central cup kept topped up.
Where it grows wild
Wet evergreen forest of southern Bahia (mata higrófila sul-baiana), including coastal forest on heavy loam and partly disturbed rainforest along roads. Many records come from the Una Biological Reserve and the Serra das Lontras. It grows as an epiphyte, usually in the shaded to dappled middle levels of the forest.
GBIF records with altitude run from near sea level to about 1,000 m, with a median of about 100 m.
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