Vriesea flammea
A clump-forming epiphytic Vriesea of the Brazilian Atlantic forest, from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul, with red floral bracts and white to yellow flowers. It is common in lowland and submontane forest, restinga and mangrove edges, usually below 1000 m. It grows in forest interiors and at sunny edges, so it is fairly adaptable.
Where it grows wild
Epiphytic in dense Atlantic rain forest, restinga woodland and on the edges of mangroves, often low on trunks (many records below 4 m) and on fallen trees. Several labels note it at sunny forest edges or by streams; it forms dense clumps with stolons.
Recorded from sea level to 946 m, median 324 m.
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