▲ 121 ▼ Pineapple grown from top (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by dirthawker0@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments It started growing the normal pineapple a couple months ago, and I just noticed this parasitic twin popping out out the side What is happening? Is it a pup? @TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world
[–] anthropomorphized@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Are they only supposed to have a single fruit/plant? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) Nope, pineapple plants (after fruiting) will produce multiple "pups" or offshoots from the base that'll each grow into new plants - it's how they naturaly propagate and why you'll often see clumps of them growing together in the wild. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) See, that's why I'm confused, I thought pups grew from the base and this thing is near the top. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Getting6409@piefed.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Pineapples got a few words for their offshoots. I'd guess because it's a commercial fruit. I've never seen this terminology applied to offshoots/sets for other bromeliads. Other bromeliad species also send out pups from different parts of the plants. There's some tillandsias and orthophytums that make offshoots from the flowering stalk. Here's a nice diagram of pineapple offshoots and their labels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago* Very useful, thanks! So I guess this would be a slip? or maybe aerial sucker permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) Nope, pineapple plants (after fruiting) will produce multiple "pups" or offshoots from the base that'll each grow into new plants - it's how they naturaly propagate and why you'll often see clumps of them growing together in the wild. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) See, that's why I'm confused, I thought pups grew from the base and this thing is near the top. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Getting6409@piefed.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Pineapples got a few words for their offshoots. I'd guess because it's a commercial fruit. I've never seen this terminology applied to offshoots/sets for other bromeliads. Other bromeliad species also send out pups from different parts of the plants. There's some tillandsias and orthophytums that make offshoots from the flowering stalk. Here's a nice diagram of pineapple offshoots and their labels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago* Very useful, thanks! So I guess this would be a slip? or maybe aerial sucker permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) See, that's why I'm confused, I thought pups grew from the base and this thing is near the top. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Getting6409@piefed.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Pineapples got a few words for their offshoots. I'd guess because it's a commercial fruit. I've never seen this terminology applied to offshoots/sets for other bromeliads. Other bromeliad species also send out pups from different parts of the plants. There's some tillandsias and orthophytums that make offshoots from the flowering stalk. Here's a nice diagram of pineapple offshoots and their labels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago* Very useful, thanks! So I guess this would be a slip? or maybe aerial sucker permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Getting6409@piefed.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Pineapples got a few words for their offshoots. I'd guess because it's a commercial fruit. I've never seen this terminology applied to offshoots/sets for other bromeliads. Other bromeliad species also send out pups from different parts of the plants. There's some tillandsias and orthophytums that make offshoots from the flowering stalk. Here's a nice diagram of pineapple offshoots and their labels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago* Very useful, thanks! So I guess this would be a slip? or maybe aerial sucker permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 year ago* Very useful, thanks! So I guess this would be a slip? or maybe aerial sucker permalink fedilink source parent