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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 2 to 4 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Serrate/Spiny margins
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Other: Crown cuttings
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Pineapple
  • Wild Ananas
  • Curagua
  • Bromeliad
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ananas comosus var. erectifolius
  • Synonym: Ananas erectifolius
  • Synonym: Ananas lucidus

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Location: Tampa FL
Date: 2019-02-15
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2017-06-11
Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2017-11-09
Location: Tampa FL
Date: Nov 16 2016
Growing in a full sun location
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2017-08-11
This is the same fruit I posted a couple months ago, just looks a
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2015-11-22
Location: Tampa FL
Date: Nov 16 2016
Growing in a full sun location
Location: Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2016-03-07
Dwarf Variegated Pineapple
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2016-10-18
A Lowe's clearance rack find. Tagged Ananas Lucidus Spinless Red
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2016-10-18
Looking down into the plant, you can see my foot to compare how b
Location: Tampa FL
Date: March 2017
Location: Tampa FL
Date: March 2017
Location: Tampa FL
Date: 2019-06-15
Location: Tampa FL
Date: 2019-06-15
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sunkissed On October 12, 2015 Obtained plant
I bought this at S. Seminole nursery.
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wild status by GeoCoppens Jun 19, 2016 2:09 PM 0

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