This new species forms large and dense populations in the higher parts of the Pedra da Bandeira, where A. longibracteata was also encountered. Apparently, there is a third sympatric Alcantarea species in the area, with larger rosette and distinctly compound inflorescence, but all flowered specimens presented old, completely dried inflorescences, most of them in disintegration process, not allowing full observation. In contrast, the new species presents a comparatively small stature due to its narrowly crateriform rosette and short leaf blades, and its basal portion is very often elongate, being covered by old leaves remains. —SeeJ. Bromeliad Soc.
