Bromelia gurkeniana v. funchiana SEL99-0098 MINIATURE Dark red in color with

Dark red in color with dark green mottling and a band of silver covering the midrib radiating out from the center of the plant

which are albomarginated with bold white

In nature this plant can be found as an epiphyte or lithophyte in the Atlantic forests of Eastern Brazil

The leaf edges are armed with pronounced spines

Bromelia gurkeniana v. funchiana SEL99-0098 MINIATURE Dark red in color withAbout all I can say about this species is that it is an interesting, small growing un Bromelia like Bromelia. When we first found this plant it was growing in amongst a colony of Neoglaziovia variegata in the caatinga of Bahia, Brazil. When I saw the plant, the impression it made was that of a non banded or concolor Neoglaziovia. The soil was very rocky and the plant was growing very deep, again, like the Neoglaziovias. I used the end of my machete to