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<- Vriesea portentosa Leme

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 61(5): 196-201 (2011) (2012)

Type: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Grão Mogol, P. E. Grão Mogol, Trilha da Tropa, ca. 1,195 m elev., 16º32.21’S 42º55.22’W, 22 June 2008, E. Leme 7443, C.C.Paula, T.Coser, R. Moura & O.Ribeiro (Holotype: RB. Isotype: HB)

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais

Habitat: usually saxiculous, sometimes as terrestrial in sandy soils or seldom as an accidental epiphyte, ca. 1195 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet of V. portentosa came from the Latin word “portentosus”, meaning “portentous”, “prodigious”, “wonderful” or “monstrous”, as a reference to its huge and showy stature when in bloom.

Vriesea portentosa