Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Habitat: This terrestrial species lives in the litter layer on sandy soils in the transition zone between coastal plain and Atlantic forest. It is endemic to Una municipality and apparently all of the known collections were made within the same small area, at approximately 30 m altitude. There are at least three different clones in cultivation, in Brazil and overseas. In its native habitat, A. weberi apparently flowers mainly in January and February at least most of the flowering specimens were collected during this period. It forms small populations of 20-30 plants in the diffuse light of the forest, but it does not form dense clumps. A. leonard-kentiana H. Luther & Leme, Araeococcus parviflorus (Martius & Schultes f. ) Lindman, Billbergia saundersii W Bull, Lymania smithii R. W Read, and other bromelioids share this same habitat. There is no record of this species occurring in conservation units, although the populations are found very close to the Una Biological Reserve (IBAMA) on the Ilheus