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The pineapple is a herbaceous perennial, which grows to 1.0 to 1.5 m (3 ft 3 in to 4 ft 11 in) tall on average, although sometimes it can be taller. The plant has a short, stocky stem with tough, waxy leaves. When creating its fruit, it usually produces up to 200 flowers, although some large-fruited cultivars can exceed this.
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. The leaves usually have purple spots and may have an overall purple tinge; var. striata has
Most species of this genus are commonly referred to as pineapple flowers or pineapple lilies. They are bulbous perennials with basal rosettes of leaves and stout stems covered in star-shaped flowers with a tuft of green bracts at the top, superficially resembling a pineapple – hence the common names.
The Town will not pick up leaf piles containing sticks, debris, household items or construction debris. The Town may also delay its pickup of leaves after rain events or if leaves are too wet to ...
So here, we've broken down exactly how to pick out a pineapple that's perfectly sweet and ready to eat. Step 1: Smell the bottom. Pineapple should smell like, well, pineapple. Give the bottom of ...
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 autumnalis is a perennial growing from a large bulb with a diameter of up to 8–10 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 –4 in). Like other Eucomis species, it has a basal rosette of strap-shaped leaves. These are up to 55 cm (22 in) long and 6–13 cm ( 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 –5 in) wide, with a wavy margin.
Pineapple black rot: Chalara paradoxa = Thielaviopsis paradoxa Ceratocystis paradoxa [teleomorph] Leaf spot Curvularia eragrostidis Cochliobolus eragrostidis [teleomorph] Phytophthora heart rot Phytophthora cinnamomi Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica = Phytophthora parasitica. Root rot Pythium spp. Pythium arrhenomanes. Seedling blight ...