It is a terrestrial bromeliad, rooted in soil. Treat it like a succulent. Very bright light. Use fast draining soil (like 50% pumice). Water well when the soil is dry. I fertilize at a very low dose (5% of the dose recommended for regular outdoor use on the MG package) at every watering. The plant is tolerant of drought and really poor soil, it just looks nicer when it gets a little care.
Use an azalea pot (wider than deep, but not a pan). Repot stepwise, a little bit bigger at a time. 6" pot is good for now. The smaller leafed forms of this species (of which yours is one) will max out in an 8 inch pot, more or less. That is when you can leave them to go feral and consume their pot (which they will reliably do) and eventually form a spherical shape around it. If you secure the pot early enough, you can hang this plant as a ball and fascinate anyone who comes near. That is about 10 years down the road from where you are, more or less.
If you wait too long to repot, it will become hard to impossible to do, because of the way the plant grows around the sides and downward pretty much no matter what size pot it is in.
I will try to find some pictures to share. This is a really fun plant and it just keeps going.
