Bromeliad Cultivar Register (12710) 2017-05-10

*QUESNELIA ‘Black Knight’*	? / Ridley J*	<2005
Mature, stocky, vase-shaped rosette to 35cms. diameter x 50cms. high, flaring at the top. Glossy, sepia red / black leaves with black spines. Erect cylindric, branched inflorescence of ruby red bracts and pale mauve petals tipped white. Darker-leaved species form of Q. edmundoi var. rubrobracteata, imported by Olive Branch Nursery, Brisbane , from Michael's Bromeliads, Florida, circa 2008. Exact origin unrecorded. Reg. Doc. 2/2015 by G. Lawn. Country of origin: ?