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Vriesea triligulata Mez

(section Xiphion)

Publ: Bromeliaceae (part 3) 3(3): 541 (1894)

Type: Brasiliae orientalis prov. Minas Geraes summis in montibus Organensibus: G1aziou n. 16469. Floret Januario (Holotype B! ; Phototype F, RB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Rio de Janeiro,

Habitat: sun-loving epiphyte, dwelling high in the canopy of the slope forests. In the more open, sunnier cloud forests, it lives on the ground as well as on lower tree branches

Vriesea triligulata