Vriesea regnellii
A Brazilian Atlantic Forest Vriesea of the southeastern highlands, from the Serra de Caldas and Pedra Branca in Minas Gerais to the Serra dos Órgãos in Rio de Janeiro, with outlying records from Espírito Santo and Ceará. It grows as an epiphyte, on rock, or on the ground in montane forest at about 1,000 to 2,250 m. Collectors note night-opening cream flowers. It wants cool nights and a slightly drier, cooler winter.
Where it grows wild
Specimen labels describe it growing epiphytically inside forest and at forest edges, on rocks (rupicolous) around the granite domes of Pedra Branca, and on the ground near the summit forest of Pedra do Sino in the Serra dos Órgãos. Young leaves carry pink spots and mature leaves turn brown at the base. Flowers are cream to pinkish with brown-spotted petals and open at night, which suggests bat or moth pollination.
Elevations on specimens run from about 1,000 m (Serra de Baturité, Ceará) to 2,248 m (Pedra do Sino), with most Minas Gerais collections around 1,200 to 1,550 m.
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