Type: BRAZIL. BAHIA, municipality of Serra do Ramalho, west of the Rio São Francisco, elevation about 740 m, exposed on carstic Bambui limestones, sympatric with other bromeliads and cacti, e. g. Melocactus levitestatus Buining & Brederoo and Siccobaccatus dolichospermaticus (Buining & Brederoo) P. J. Braun & Esteves, 13°33‘8.53“S – 43°51‘34.95“W, campo rupestre. Ex cult., fl. May 2015, E. Esteves Pereira E-489 (Holo UFG – 50.535).