Tillandsia 'Queen Colossus' Size:Exact Plant (A) strap-like leaves that tint red

strap-like leaves that tint red with good light and are dusted with a heavy coating of silver trichomes mainly concentrated on the leaf margins

The open conformation of thick crenulated leaves curving upwards in dark salmon pigmentation in good light with tide-like silver-scurf has variably-wide cross-banding

less silvery and stoloniferous

with an upright bulbous-based rosette of wide

I am suggesting we stretch the rules and under the ICNCP rules call your plant ‘Zacapa‘ linking it to the Lyman Smith variety and thus the Field herb specimen

Tillandsia 'Queen Colossus' Size:Exact Plant (A) strap-like leaves that tint redWe discovered this natural hybrid in the greenhouse where our flexuosas grow, directly alongside our streptophyllas. A giant grower (flexuosa 'Giant Form' x streptophylla) named for its huge size and regal appearance. Mature plants measure 2 ft wide and 3 ft tall. The inflorescence is a single spike with multiple branches and a dark dusky pink with purple blooms. Spectacular.