Under construction, therefore, the information in RED is generic and has yet TBD for the specific wildflower.
Pineapple is a tropical fruit, but it can be grown as a house plant, or in a greenhouse by rooting the top from a fresh pineapple. This requires cutting off as much as the top as possible thus somewhat down into the fruit. This bit of fruit makes a base for the top to sit upright in a container of water as well as sweeten the water (this can get messy and can be removed if desired). Nearly all of the leaves need to be removed so that it doesn't dry out as fast. If there is any bad places on the stem it may not root successfully; my success rate is about 50 %, but the Agri-Business Department at Skyline High School has over a dozen of pineapples in their green house. The water needs to be kept relatively far up on the stem so more roots will form. Once there are a fair number of roots and perhaps the top has began to grow it can be transplanted into a regular pot. With proper care, full sun, water, and fertilizer, you can have a homegrown pineapple in as little as a couple of years. The tops on these may even be easier to root since they will be fresher and not as likely to be harboring any tropical microorganisms that may limit the success with store bought pineapples.
An interesting thing about pineapple is that it is a bromeliad. Most bromeliads are tropical and known for their colorful leaves and/or flowers. Many of them are epiphytes, or air plants. There is one other species in the same family that is surprisingly familiar, it is Spanish moss, Tillandsiausneoides (L.) L.
Canned pineapple is a subject of politically correct debate because it is said that people who put pineapples in cans are exploited because they can't even afford to buy a canned pineapple. Looking at it another way will explain how PC is BS. If we grew pineapples here it would have to be done in a greenhouse, which would be comparable to a chicken house. It takes at least two years to grow a pineapple, compared to about 6 weeks for a chicken. For sake of argument assume the average daily expense of growing and processing a pineapple is about the same as that for a chicken. As a result pineapples would cost 17 times as much as chicken, therefore I don't think many chicken processors around here would be buying canned chicken if it grew at the same rate as pineapples. Are the chicken processors being exploited by taking jobs away from people here? Meanwhile their children are being educated for free. Sounds like opportunity that would not otherwise exist to me, and that goes for those canning pineapples.
