Vriesea schultesiana
Vriesea schultesiana is a rare Colombian bromeliad of the Amazonian sandstone and granite outcrops, recorded on bare rock beside river rapids and on low isolated hills between about 150 and 515 m. Herbarium labels describe it as a rock-dwelling (rupicolous) plant of exposed outcrop vegetation, occasionally epiphytic, so it wants hot days, strong light and fast-drying roots rather than the cool shaded conditions many Vriesea get.
Where it grows wild
Specimen and observation labels place it in rocky-outcrop vegetation: on rock at the Jirijirimo rapids on the Apaporis river, on Cerro Morroco in Vaupés, and on the sandstone massifs of Chiribiquete and the SerranÃa de la Macarena. These outcrops carry open, shrubby vegetation over thin soil, heat up by day and drain almost instantly after rain, while spray from rapids and the surrounding rainforest keep the air humid. One collection is labelled as an epiphyte.
Recorded from about 150 to 515 m, all lowland Amazonian outcrops. Wikipedia and the IUCN-style habitat text calling it a plant of moist montane forest do not match these labels.
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