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Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 7:39
| My husband took these pictures at work. (Central Florida, zone 9b) The plant is very large (please use 8' chain link fence for size reference) with leaves sorta' like a pineapple, but the base resembles bromeliad. The spike in the picture is growing out of the top of it. What is it?
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| the leave look quite smooth and not thorny so I'd say it's a bromeliad. It'd be easier if the photo was taken closer. |
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- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 8:17
| Would a bromeliad have a 6-foot spike that's 2 inches thick with branches on it? If so, how old would this thing have to be to be so huge? I can't figure out how to make the picture bigger on GW. I can make it bigger and zoom in on my computer, but GW keeps showing the same size. |
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- Posted by costaricafinca Costa Rica (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 8:19
| Guzmania monostachia? Or more likely Pi�uela (pinuela) commonly used as a fence/barrier on a property line. |
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| it could be a kind of agave. |
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- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 16:56
| It's not fleshy at all. If they don't prune it down this weekend, I'll have him get better pics. He says they always cut it down to the hedge-height before he's ever seen it flower. :( The company didn't plant it there, it "volunteered." |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 20:20
| the company didn't plant it there, it "volunteered." ==>> that is a GIANT flashing sign.. that you probably do NOT want it in your yard ... dont you think ... ken |
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| It's still too early to judge whether you want to keep this "volunteered" plant or not before you see its flower(if there's any). Give it a chance to flower if you could. I can't recall just how many time i regretted pulling something up and learn to appreciate it much later, and then have to hunt for it everywhere for a long time. |
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| Given your location it's almost certainly a native bromeliad. Nothing invasive about those. Link to habit in Florida. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tillandsia utriculata
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- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 10:21
| Thanks, saltcedar. I think you're right. I'll have to take a drive over there and see if there are trees over/around this area and if there are more in the trees. It's just so cool because it's SO big! And that spike is fat and TALL! |
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- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 10:27
| Wow. It sure MIGHT be. Although this one is three times bigger of a plant. And the spike is three times as fat. I'll try to figure out how to make the pictures bigger/closer. Give me a minute. |
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- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 10:45
| Nope. Nothing's working. The spike has "stems" that remind me of the way the leaf stems attach to and branch off of a Schefflera. Nothing on the stems yet, though either. Editing to add that I just showed my husband some google images of T urticulata... he says, "Yes. That's exactly what it looks like. Exactly." |
This post was edited by shear_stupidity on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 10:49
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