Vriesea lancifolia
A small, mostly rock-dwelling Vriesea from Brazil, recorded mainly in the campo rupestre quartzite mountains of Bahia. Collectors describe green leaves blotched with wine-red, sometimes silvery, forming clumps on rock outcrops in full sun or light shade. It needs strong light, a quick-draining mount or mix, and a drier, cooler winter.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe it as rupicolous (saxicolous) on quartzite outcrops and rock walls, often clump-forming, in full sun (heliophile) or in shaded, humid spots near waterfalls. A few labels record it as an epiphyte. Most records come from the Chapada Diamantina region of Bahia (Mucugê, Serra da Fumaça, Serra do Cruzeiro).
25 GBIF records with elevations span sea level to 1,070 m, median 700 m. The Bahian mountain sites are mostly 700–1,100 m.
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