Ikea pineapple plants - what cultivar?

marcos 114

Ikea are selling pineapple plants - it doesn’t say anything about the cultivar, and only has the genus/species on the label. 

Is is there any way to tell from its appearance?

nutcutlet

maybe it isn't a cultivar. It says Ananas comosus, not every plant is a cultivar

marcos 114

In other words, wild? What I’m trying to establish is suitability to grow edible fruits. 

marcos 114

Think it may be the same as this, and therefore ‘champaca’:

https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/ananas-comosus-champaca/classid.2000027710/

marcos 114

Thanks @philippa smith2 - in fact I’ve done just that with a Costa Rican pineapple I bought from Tesco’s. However, I read that this method may take some years, whereas growing from suckers or ratoons is much faster.

Oddly I do have a clear memory of doing this in nursery school in the late 70s, should have kept that one

I’ll report back here sometime in 2020...

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marcos 114

Freddies Dad said:

A few supermarkets sell these Pineapple plants in the flower section. They don’t do anything for me but assume you will need a growing light between Nov-Feb due to our poor winter sunlight? 

The plant ant in the picture looks very healthy and green. I would guess a recent import from sunnier climes.

They don’t do much for me either aesthetically - I hadn’t realised there was such a thing as ornamental pineapples. I’ll see how it goes propagating the head of the edible one from the supermarket.