Bromeliads

A couple of these ornamental pineapple plants were donated to the CG about a year ago. They have grown and fruited a couple of times. They look pretty with the way the striations are colored on the leaves but they fruit cannot be eaten. While repotting them I got my two arms scratched quite a bit.
Nevertheless, they are lovely to look at but got to be careful when handling them.

Ornamental Pineapples Fruiting Again

Pineapples

Finally after more than 9 months of growing on the slope, the three planted crowns fruited.

Ornamental Pineapple Fruiting

Pineapples

These are the ones we planted using the chopped off heads from the pineapples bought from the market. They have been growing for a year and we are still waiting for the fruits.

The two pots below were brought into the garden by a CGer and they are the ornamental pineapples. I believe we will get mini pineapples from them. Their leaves are really pretty when they turn reddish after they receive enough sunshine.