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Sharq

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Bromelia Pinguin
« on: August 29, 2024, 12:55:49 PM »
Has anyone else grown this plant? I'm getting some seeds for it and was wondering if anyone has experience with it. Looks to grow similarly to a pineapple and other bromeliads. I imagine it will take a while to fruit from seed since I'm sure its normally pup propagated.
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GoldenGateEstatesGrower

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Re: Bromelia Pinguin
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2024, 04:54:27 AM »
Are you sure that you want this plant? It naturalizes and will spread. The fruit are horribly sour right up until they ripen, which is the night before the opossums eat them. And they have vicious thorns. Really vicious thorns.
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Finca La Isla

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Re: Bromelia Pinguin
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2024, 01:25:40 PM »
Great for a security fence, will stop fruit thieves.  Don’t know about opossums but I’ve eaten the fruit both in Costa Rica and Cuba and it was ok.
Like a pineapple they are very terrestrial and want lots of hot sun.
Peter
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