philip~1.jpg (35330 bytes)   A group of  Vriesea philippo-coburgii WAWRA specimen on a branch of Ficus (Urostigma) organensis (Moraceae, Artocarpoideae), near Atlāntida Beach in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.
  This species of Vriesea occurs in Southeastern and Southern Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul.

 

  Wittrockia superba LINDMAN on the same tree. This epiphytic, saxicolous and sometimes terrestrial species lives in the Atlantic Forest from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil.
   There is a close-up photo on the species page, in this site.

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