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There’s a rare pineapple that is being sold for almost $400 in California. It's so popular that it already sold out. Here's why its so expensive.
Some pests that commonly affect pineapple plants are scales, thrips, mites, mealybugs, ants, and symphylids. [84] Heart-rot is the most serious disease affecting pineapple plants. The disease is caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi and P. parasitica, fungi that often affect pineapples grown in wet conditions.
Only one bromeliad, the pineapple (Ananas comosus), is a commercially important food crop. Bromelain, a common ingredient in meat tenderizer, is extracted from pineapple stems. Many other bromeliads are popular ornamental plants, grown as both garden and houseplants. Bromeliads are important food plants for many peoples.
Eucomis species are cultivated as ornamental plants. Most of the summer-flowering species will tolerate frost down to −5 to −10 °C (23 to 14 °F) when dormant in winter, provided they are kept dry. They flower best if given both sun exposure and moisture in summer. [6] [14] Eucomis regia grows in winter and flowers in early spring.
Eucomis comosa is a perennial plant, growing from a large bulb, which is often purple in colour.The leaves form a basal rosette, and are 30–80 cm (12–31 in) long by 3–10 cm (1–4 in) wide, with a smooth, slightly undulating margin.
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Eucomis bicolor, the variegated pineapple lily or just pineapple lily, [2] is a bulbous species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to Southern Africa (the Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, and the Northern Provinces). [1]
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