Vriesea platynema
A large tank bromeliad with broad, soft, often purple-tinged leaves and a tall, flattened flower spike. It is widespread but most common in the Atlantic forest of southern Brazil, and also occurs in scattered places in the Caribbean and northern South America. In the wild it grows mainly as an epiphyte in humid subtropical and montane forest, so it wants bright filtered light, mild temperatures, a full tank and moist, moving air.
Where it grows wild
Most records come from the Atlantic forest of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, including montane forest along the Serra do Mar and Serra Geral. There it grows as an epiphyte on trunks and large branches, and sometimes on rocks, in humid forest. The Caribbean and Guyana populations grow in moist montane forest.
Records range from sea level to about 1,480 m, with a median of about 700 m, mostly on the coastal slopes and plateau edges of southern Brazil.
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