This new species was originally collected by the orchid and bromeliad collector Edmundo Ferreira Silva in the mountainous region between Ibicui and Nova Canaa, called Serra da Boa Vista. There, one can still find difficult-toaccess areas at 500 to 600 m elevation which still contain fragments of Atlantic Forest surrounded by pasturelands. Aechmea viridostigma is a typical inhabitant of the lower tree trunks in the remnant forest. —SeeJ. Bromeliad Soc.
