Variegated Pineapple

[Galka]

My new pineapple plant's from Just Fruits and Exotics. I ordered them by phone and went to pick up from the nursery later. I didn't expect them to be that big. Wow, what a nice surprise.    Anyway, I wanted to show you guys these beautiful plants. They look different than the other variegated pineapples I have in my collection. That's exciting.

[bsbullie]

Not trying to burst you bubble but I sure hope those are not the ornamental ones.  They sure look like it.

[Galka]

I saw the fruit there at the nursery and they said it's edible so I will report next year. They have a picture of the fruit on the website.

[treefrog]

i have one of theirs that i got a couple years ago.  i had hoped it might blossom and fruit this year, but no such luck.  i have it planted in ground in my greenhouse.  it doesn't get full sun, and that may be causing it to be slow.  it's a huge plant, maybe next year.

this was last year.








i have a sucker from it that i potted up separately. 




this one is getting full sun - at least until it gets taken in ahead of the first frost in a few weeks.  i'll have more to report in spring - summer '16

[Galka]

Thank you treefrog for sharing the pictures. The plant itself looks very nice. I put my young pineapple plants in garage for overwintering and the older ones for a couple of weeks in spring till they start flowering. Will do the same with these too. Fingers crossed.  We'll see what we get.

[bsbullie]

I will try and keep positive but from the picture on their website, it looks identical to what most refer to as an ornamental pineapple.  I am not say you COULDNT eat it but you sure wouldnt want to after taking the first bite.  I sure hope I am wrong.

[treefrog]

b.s.,

is there an echo in here?

[bsbullie]

b.s.,

is there an echo in here?

Huh??

[treefrog]

b.s.,

is there an echo in here?

Huh??

a) please re-read your prior two posts on this thread.

b) open the dictionary and read the definition of "redundant."

we heard you the first time.

[bsbullie]

b.s.,

is there an echo in here?

Huh??

a) please re-read your prior two posts on this thread.

b) open the dictionary and read the definition of "redundant."

we heard you the first time.

Mayber YOU need to read, since you want to be an a$$.  My original post was based on Galka's pictures.  Galka said the picture of the fruit can be seen on their website which I had not looked at (read my second post carefully and you will see that I stated, "from the picture on their website"), which showed the fruit in addition to the plant.

Before you make another senseless attack/accusation, I also said I am not certain and I hope I am wrong.  I have however had/have experience with the ornamenatl version, so I was stating my concerns to a fellow forum member.  I really couldnt care less if you didnt like my post...

[treefrog]

whatever

[Galka]

I will try and keep positive but from the picture on their website, it looks identical to what most refer to as an ornamental pineapple.  I am not say you COULDNT eat it but you sure wouldnt want to after taking the first bite.  I sure hope I am wrong.

I hear you.  I really don't mind it to be ornamental for that price I paid. Of course, I'd like to enjoy the fruit too. I hope next year I'll be able to say which one from my variegated collection is edible and which one is ornamental. The fruit I saw was big almost the same size as normal pineapple but I didn't see it cut opened so I can't say anything about its taste or how it looks like inside. Although I could smell the fragrance.