Fig. 1. Individual, pollinators and pollen tubes of Aechmea pectinata in the rainforest, south‐eastern Brazil. A, Individual showing highly visible red coloured leaf tips and a bent inflorescence; note that the inflorescence is very inconspicuous. B, A male Thalurania glaucopis visiting a flower on the upper side of a bent inflorescence. C, Ramphodon naevius, a trap‐liner hummingbird, visiting an erect inflorescence; note the pollen load on its bill tip. D, Signs of incompatibility such as curvature and thickening of the callose deposit on the extremity of the pollen tubes (arrows) on a flower fixed 12 h after manual self‐pollination.