So far this new species has only been found in a few sites near the town of Vitoria da Conquista, southeastern Bahia. It grows as a rupicolous on low-lying outcrops of igneous conglomerate rock, which are found amidst high-altitude deciduous dry forest.
However, on the clearings formed by the outcropping of the conglomerate rock grows a different kind of vegetation, more akin to the lowland caatinga shrubland, with sparse groups of low-growing plants forming dense thickets, including several species of Cactaceae such as Cereus jamacaru De Candolle, Hylocereus setaceus (Salm-Dyck) R.Bauer, Melocactus ernestii Vaupel, Pereskia aculeata Miller and Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus (J.F Cels) Byles & G.D.Rowley subsp. robustus Zappi. Orthophytum conquistense often grows among or at the edge of these thickets. Other Bromeliaceae species occurring in the area include Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker and species of Tillandsia. —SeeJ. Bromeliad Soc.
