This new species was found growing as rupicolous on vertical rock walls in canyons of Paraguaçu river, near the dam which provides water supply to the city of Andaraí, Bahia. A population of few scattered specimens was observed, most of them in unaccessible sites. The name of V. andaraiensis is an explicit reference to the county of Andaraí, where it was found. —SeeLeme 2012a
