This new species was found at low elevations (ca. 150 m elev.) northwest of Espirito Santo State, not far from Minas Gerais border. It formed a large island-like clump mixed with some shrubs and a columnar cactus on a thin layer of accumulated organic soil on a huge inclined granitic wall. This sun-exposed environment sheltered other bromeliad species, such as Orthophytum aff. magalhaesii, Alcantarea aff. extensa and, on the upper steeper part, Vriesea aff. appariciana. —SeeJ. Bromeliad Soc.
