Red "grass" bromeliad with small "pineapple" fruit

[ThunderSRQ]

This plant was also out on the island so it may be a tropical type. VERY cool looking -- these pictures don't "do it justice" as this row of plants really stood out where they were planted alongside the road adjacent to some cardboard palms.

Any thoughts?

Thanks...

Tim

[Gonzer]

Seems to be Ananas comosus var. erectifolia Tim.

[aussiearoids]

Ananas 'Chocolat' just a cultivar of the old sp. lucidus , ya got me Gonzer ,, when did that change sneak in .. mine is flowering now , as well as my cross 'Bitter Chocolat'

[ThunderSRQ]

Thanks a bunch for that ID info.

Just to clarify -- is this one A. comosus var. erectifolia or A. lucidas var. 'Chocolat'? (and are these two significantly different in appearance?)

I'll check with the local bromeliad specialist here in town (Tropi-Flora) to see if they have these varieties -- if you don't already know about Tropi-Flora, they have a very nice collection (Dennis Cathcart collected/discovered many of their plants personally during his numerous international adventures and his "Cargo Report" is always a great read and available free via their mailing list)

http://www.tropiflora.com/creport/cr18-1/p0.html

Tim

[junglegalfla]

Tim,

I have this variety in St. Pete & it needs to be thinned. I'll be in Sarasota for the Tropiflora sale next Saturday. I can either meet you at the sale or leave the plant by Gina's.

Bren

[ThunderSRQ]

  junglegalfla said:

Tim,

I have this variety in St. Pete & it needs to be thinned. I'll be in Sarasota for the Tropiflora sale next Saturday. I can either meet you at the sale or leave the plant by Gina's.

Bren

Thanks Bren -- that would be great!

I also plan to be at the TF sale on Saturday and will look to meet you there (I'll PM you my mobile # -- as an FYI, I'm going over to Jeff Searle's sale on Friday). Since you're in town, you may want to check out the sale at Camp-Lot-A-Noise orchids since it's not too far from TF (Gina knows where it is but here's their web site which has a map link http://www.clanorchids.com/). And I have no clue why they planned their sale the same day as the TF sale but I plan to go over to TF first (the CLAN sale also features other unique plant vendors similar to those at TF).

Tim

[junglegalfla]

Thanks for the tip on the other sale! I'll reply via PM about your other questions. I always have stuff to thin out and trade/sell.