Habitat

(1) See Vriesea philippo-coburgii WAWRA and Wittrockia superba LINDMAN on a branch of Ficus organensis (Moraceae, Artocarpoideae), near Atlântida Beach in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

(2) Dyckia encholirioides (GAUDICHAUD)MEZ is very common on rocks, along the sea coast from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

(3) Hohenbergia augusta (VELLOZO)E.MORREN prefers the humid lowland rainforest from Espirito Santo to Santa Catarina States, in Brazil

(4) Look at Aechmea nudicaulis var. cuspidata on a GRANITE BLOCK at Anhatomirim Island, Santa Catarina State, Brazil

(5) See Aechmea comata on a rocky substrate at Santa Catarina State, Brazil

(6) The typical scenery at SERRA DOS PIRENEUS, Muncipality of Pirenópolis, State of GOIÁS, BRAZIL (altitude1350 m , 140 km northwest of Brasilia,DF). See images of Dyckia marnier-lapostollei L.B.SMITH var. estevesii, Dyckia brasiliana L.B.SMITH, Aechmea bromeliifolia (RUDGE) BAKER forma "rubrobracteata" and Bromelia prox. macedoi L.B.SMITH. Click on the names to see photos of the species, in their environment.

(7) Visit a bromeliad paradise at the South Brazilian costal rain forest.

(8) Look at a Dyckia maritima population on the rocky cliffs at Torres, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

(9) Saxicolous Aechmea distichantha LEMAIRE on sand stone at Paraná, (1093 m altitude)

10) See Vriesea reitzii LEME & COSTA on South Brazilian pine tree Araucaria angustifolia

11) Vriesea rodigasiana on Araucaria angustifolia, the South Brazilian Pine Tree. The dark red leaves identifies the heliophile variety of this species.

12) See large compact bundles of Vriesea vagans on tree trunks