Ananas
Bromelia pinguin L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- 99 cm
Bromeliaceae
Formerly Agallostachys fastuosa, Agallostachys pinguin, Ananas pinguin, Bromelia fastuosa, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 99 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Spanish
- maya
- Chinese
- 企鹅红心凤梨
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Bromelia pinguin (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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