Ananas ananassoides

Ananas ananassoides Care

Ananas ananassoides

What is the plant

Ananas ananassoides is a terrestrial species found generally in savannah or in low-shaded forest. It is a valuable ornamental bromeliads due to the beauty of the foliage and of the inflorescence, fruit and the facility of cultivation.

Ananas ananassoides is a small to medium size species in the genus Ananas (pineapple) which contains 5 to 8 species and belongs to the family of the Bromeliaceae (Bromeliads). It is the most common wild pineapple and the botanical variety that shows the highest genetic diversity; it is very probably at the origin of the cultivated pineapples. The plants grow to a height of approximately 0,9 meters (flowering plant over 1 m high). Some dwarf types have been recently cultivated intensively as ornamentals. All the species in Ananas were recently transferred as varieties or cultivars of Ananas comosus.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Part Sun

Temperature

18°C - 25°C

Hardiness zone

min 10a

Difficulty

Medium

Hibernation

Cold Period

How to Care for the Plant

Water
It enjoys constant moderate moisture from rain or sprinkler, but allow the plant to dry in-between waterings. In winter, it is better to leave it dry, thus avoiding possible rottenness. However, it is quite drought-tolerant and may be also planted in dry succulent plant gardens. In dry and hot climate, humidity can be increased with nebulisations utilizing water at room temperature and not calcareous. Requires complete and perfect drainage.
Fertilizer
Fertilize every 4-week during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer diluted to ½ the strength recommended on the label. Apply mild solutions (one-quartet strength) of foliar fertilizer at 3-month intervals to both garden and container plants.
Sunlight
It prefers a sunny site but tolerates partial shade.

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Soil
It requires a well-drained, aerated, porous and moisture-retentive substratum which is rich of organic substance (e.g. 2 parts peat moss to 1 part loam to 1 part sand or perlite). Use only acidic soil.
Temperature
It is cultivated in open air in the tropical and humid subtropical climate countries, with temperatures which it is good to keep over the 14°C, best 20-24°C, but can withstand light frost for short periods if very dry (hardy down to -2 to -4ºC, even if with damage to the foliage).
Container
This plant can be grown in a container. Choose a pot with enough drainage holes.