Vriesea fenestralis
A large, tank-forming bromeliad from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil. It is grown for its pale green leaves with a fine net of darker veins and wine-red spots. Collectors record it as an epiphyte, and sometimes on sandstone rock, in moist forest from near sea level to about 1,000 m, so it suits warm-to-intermediate conditions, bright filtered light and a water-filled central cup.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe it as an epiphyte, semi-sun-loving in forest at Desengano State Park and shade-loving beside a river in Rio de Janeiro. There is also a rock-dwelling plant on sandstone in EspÃrito Santo, and a plant in shaded cacao plantation under remnant Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia. It grows in the humid Atlantic Forest, including the Tinguá Biological Reserve.
Recorded wild elevations run from about 200 m to 1,000 m, with Santa Teresa (EspÃrito Santo) at about 780 m. Records at 2,550 m are a cultivated plant and a type citation, not wild altitudes.
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