Tags: Heirloom Open Pollinated

Growing Practices: No Pesticides No Herbicides No Fungicides No Synthetic Fertilizers

Latin Name: ANANAS COMOSUS BRACTEATUS VAR. VARIEGATA

Days to Maturity: 90-120

Description:

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STARTER PLANT WILD/RED VARIAGATED PINEAPPLE, ORNAMENTAL BROMELIAD. CROWNLET GROWN ORGANICALLY

Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Ananas
Species: A. comosus VAR Ananas bracteatus (BRAC TE AH TUS)
Ananas comosus var. bracteatus variegatus

COMMON NAME RED OR WILD OR ORNAMENTAL PINEAPPLE

THE STARTER PLANT IS AN AUXILLARY CROWNLET. THIS PROPAGULE GROWS ON THE PINEAPPLE BELOW THE CROWN.

THE STARTER PLANT MAY OR MAY NOT PRODUCE A PINEAPPLE WHEN MATURE. THE PINEAPPLE MAY OR MAY NOT BE EDIBLE, DEPENDING UPON AGE, GROWING ENVIRONMENT ET CETERA.

THE LEAVES ARE VARIEGATED - CREAM, RED OR DARK PINK AND GREEN. THE COLOR OF THE VARIEGATION CAN CHANGE BASED ON WEATHER, AGE AND GROWING ENVIRONMENT. BEAUTIFUL, ORNAMENTAL PINEAPPLE PLANT. SOUGHT AFTER FOR IT'S BRIGHT RED FRUIT AND TRI COLORED LEAVES

CAN GET 4-5 FEET HIGH AND WIDE SO GIVE IT PLENTY OF GROWING ROOM. CAN BE GROWN INSIDE OR OUT.

NOT FREEZE HARDY. THIS IS A BROMELIAD AND LIKES FILTERED LIGHT. THE PLANT CAN TOLERATE A LITTLE MORNING OR LATE AFTERNOON SUN, DEPENDING UPON LOCATION. LEAVES ARE DEEPLY SERRATTED

PERENNIAL, TERRESTIAL BROMELIAD. USED MOSTLY AS ORNAMENTAL PLANT

PHOTO IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE PLANT YOU WILL RECIEVE. ALL PLANTS WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 13" HIGH.

PLANT IS GROWN OUTSIDE IN ZONE 9B AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE NORMAL WEATHER AND ENVIRONMENTAL BLEMISHES, WHICH WILL NOT HURT THE PLANT. PLANT WILL HAVE ROOTS

PLANT WILL BE SHIPPED BARE ROOT WITH A MOIST MEDIUM WRAPPED AROUND THE BASE. THERE WILL BE NO POT OR SOIL. NO REFUND. PLANT WILL BE HEALTHY WHEN SHIPPED.

PLANT WILL NEED TO BE POTTED AS SOON AS IT IS RECEIVED. GLOVES ARE SUGGESTED WHEN HANDLING THE PLANT DUE TO THE SERRATION.

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Story of this Seed:

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLANTS IN OUR GARDEN. THE BROMELIADS WERE HANDED DOWN FROM MY GRANDMOTHER, TO MY MOTHER AND THEN TO ME.

Growing Tips:

THIS IS A BROMELIAD. IT IS TERRESTIAL. IT CAN BE GROWN OUTSIDE, IN THE GROUND OR IN A CONTAINER IN WARM AREAS. THE PLANT CAN BE GROWN IN HOT HOUSES OR AS A HOUSEPLANT BUT IT CAN GET LARGE WITH MATURITY. THE PLANT LIKES INDIRECT LIGHT WITH DAPPLED SUN, HUMIDITY AND MEDIUM WATERING.

PLANT NEEDS TO BE PLANTED AS SOON AS IT IS RECEIVED. IF IN A POT, USE A WELL DRAINING, RICH SOIL. INSERT PLANT INTO SOIL TO COVER ROOTS AND ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF THE STEM. PLACE IN SHADY AREA TO HELP WITH TRANSPLANT SHOCK. IN A WEEK OR SO, START INTRODUCING THE PLANT TO BRIGHTER LIGHT. FULL SUN WILL SCORCH THE PLANT.