Dept. La Libertad, Prov. Sanchez Carrión, Dist. Huamachuco, lagoon Sausacocha, 3290 m, between rocks or on sandy soil with rocks 45° slant, oriented SSW, forming colonies of up to ten plants, normally in full sun and rarely in shade, growing with Puya sp., Peperomia nivalis, P. andina, P. galioides, Alonsoa sp., Trichoseros sp., Masdevallia sp., Pleurothallis sp., Pitcairnea sp., several ferns, lichens and the cactus Matucana aurantiaca