Figures 1A –F, 2 .
Distribution: So far the species is known only from the Parque Nacional do Monte Pascoal, Porto Seguro, in the southern portion of the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil.
Ecology: It grows forming dense heliophylous populations on patches of exposed granite rock in the Atlantic forest. Other Bromeliaceae species that occur in the same area include Pitcairnia flammea Lindl. (Fig. 1I) and Aechmea alba Mez, the latter restricted to the shaded and mesic places along the top of this mountain.
Conservation: The species is provisionally treated as least concern (LC), due to its large population size (Fig. 1J) growing on places of difficult access and protected within a Brazilian national park. —SeeVersieux et al. 2012
