Distribution and habitat: Vriesea sanctaparecidae is a terrestrial or saxicolous species from Campos Rupestres strongly influenced by botanical elements of Campos de Altitude, in the region of Alvarenga and Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais state. It grows in open areas of the highest parts of the mountains known as Pico da Aliança and Pico do Padre Angelo, about 1400 to 1550 m elevation, where grasslike and shrubby vegetation dominate the scenery. The sparsely distributed individuals of this new species live in full sunlight on shallow sandy soils accumulated in the depressions and crevices of rocky outcrops. —SeeLeme & Kollmann 2013
