Its growth and development is quite special, and it blooms from the top of the stem. Flowers will bear fruit when they wither, and the flowering period can last from summer to winter.
A plant can only grow one pineapple. Pineapple is native to high temperature areas in South America, and its branches and leaves are rosette-shaped, and water storage organs will be formed at the base of leaves to maintain the normal growth of pineapple. When cultivating pineapple, it is best to plant it in an environment with an annual average temperature of 24-27 degrees.
Pineapple has a large number of leaves, and the branches and leaves are arranged in a rosette shape, while pineapple grows in the center of the branches and leaves, and it grows on the ground. Pineapple leaves are 90 cm long and 7 cm wide. Its flowering period is from summer to winter every year, and the upper part of pineapple is purple and the lower part is white.
Morphological characteristics of pineapple
Perennial evergreen herb with short stems and sucking buds at the base. Sword-shaped leaves are densely arranged and spirally arranged, and whether there are thorns on the edge is an important feature to distinguish varieties. Inflorescence terminal, extracted from leaves, oval like a pine cone, with sessile purplish red flowers.
The pineapple fruit is rectangular, 30 cm long and weighs 4 kg. The shell is divided into many hexagons, and the middle of each row is very sharp. The meat is yellow or white with a core with many fibers in the middle. Fruits are divided into many flowers and many fruits (compound fruits).