One might be the Mexican form.......Wait for gonz to tell us.....he maybe off on holiday..

HD, vacation??? That's funny!
There is a plant listed for sale as "purple caput-medusa" of which I find no information on in any files I've looked.
Quite possibly this is a hybrid between caput-medusa and T. circinnitoides.

Hi all, thanks for asking this question Drmedusae, i brought a mixed bag of T's and had both these in there. Im glad gonzer is back from vacation to helpâº

Tim

Hey gonz I said holiday...not vacation LOL

Thanks everyone especially Gonzer (the great? got a good rhyme to it). In my quest to find what circinnatoides looks like I stumbled upon this photoblog which has quite breathtaking photos.
It's the third one down. http://wilding-diary.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html
Pretty convincing I must say Gonzer, that what I have is the lovechi...I mean hybrid of these two.
I really dig the circinnatoides inflorescence. It's like a mini t. cyanea bloom.
Even though I love caput medusae to bits, the bloom is not that impressive to me. So, I will be happy if it has a circinnatoides (okay, what's the story behind this name?).
I will also try to get an answer from the people I purchased these plants from and post it if it's anything different.
Thanks again, everyone. This forum rocks! As do tillandsias.

Hi guys,

The online seller I purchased these plants from has replied, to my query regarding the light green specimen, that they only carry caput medusae and do not have any caput hybrids.
I am a bit confused. They do stock t. circinata (which looks similar to circinnatoides) and maybe it was a clandestine affair between the two.

Happy Monday!

Meddy

T. circinata is no longer a valid name. It is now T. circinnatoides.

Thanks, Gonzer! That's an awesome id on your part.