This new species was found growing on inclined rock surface among herbaceous to shrubby vegetation, in Pedra da Bandeira, county of Águia Branca, in the northwestern region of Espírito Santo State. In the higher parts of the habitat of Alcantarea longibracteata grows together with a large populations of the new Alcantarea described bellow, as well as Vriesea amadoi Leme, and two undetermined Pitcairnia, while in the lower parts of the habitat scattered specimens of Orthophytum pseudovagans were observed. In the nearby border of the Atlantic forest, we also observed a large population of Orthophytum foliosum L. B. Sm. and Aechmea chlorophylla L. B. Sm. —SeeJ. Bromeliad Soc.
