English: Dwarf bromeliad, Schultesiana bromeliad
German: Trichterbromelie, Zwergbromelie
Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Monocots, Commelinids, Poales, Bromeliaceae
Region:South America, Colombia, Brazil.
Habitat: warm, humid tropical rainforest canopies.
Use: ornamental, for terrarium, in tropical vivascapes.

BotanyType: herbs; perennial; evergreen; epiphyte
Root: reduced roots, acting as structural anchor.
Stem: short, compressed; hidden beneath a dense, overlapping basal rosette of leaves.
Leaves: broad; strap-shaped; leathery; smooth or slightly serrated margins; form sa central funnel or "vase"; change color in reds or pinks.
Inflorescence: short, flattened or head-like cluster; deeply sunken directly inside the center of the water-holding cup.
Flowers: small, tubular; lavender, violet, or white petals; open just above or at the water's surface inside the funnel.
Pollination: by insects.
Fruit: berries; mall, fleshy; multiple seeds.
Seed: small; with appendages or sticky coatings adapted for animal or wind dispersion.
Dispersion: by birds, insects, gravity.