“…Some bromeliad species could grow as terrestrial, saxicolous or epiphytic depending on the type of habitat (Benzing, 2000). The distribution of these species, known as facultative epiphytes, depends on the availability of different substrates (Cogliatti‐Carvalho & Rocha, 2001; Fischer & Araujo, 1995; Freitas et al, 1998; Machado et al, 2016; Nunes‐Freitas & Rocha, 2007; Scarano et al, 1999). Given that habitat features (e.g., light, moisture, temperature, nutrients, substrate availability, etc.)…”