Nidularium rutilans E.Morren

Literature references:

Baensch & Baensch 1994: 132 Ber. Bot. Ges.: 16:351 Brom. J. Queensl.: 40(1):33 40(6):25 Bromtravels (Web) BSA (Web) FCBS (Web) Golinski 1997 J. Bromeliad Soc.: 8:68b: 65(2):139 Leme 2000a: 10,27,133cp,251h,258d Morren Icons: kew 6-243* Parkhurst 2000: 138 Rauh 1979c: pl.114 Rauh 1981, 1990: Farbb. 114 , Fig. 65 Smith & Downs 1979: 1613: 1617* Steens 2003: 125

Wien Herbarium, Inst Wilson 1977: 53

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Comments:

• DISTRI BUTION & HABITAT
  Nidularium rutilans is found in the Atlantic forest of the state of Rio de Janeiro. To the north it finds its limit in Sao Fidelis municipality and to the south it reaches the northern coast of Sao Paulo in Caraguatatuba. It has a terrestrial or epiphytic habit in the lower layer of the forest, from 200 m to 1,400 m altitude, flowering from November to February.
  This species is protected in Desengano State Park, the Tingua Biological Reserve and Bocaina National Park. There are several clones in cultivation, some of which are already contaminated by artificial hybridisation. —See Leme 2000a