SC - buffalo wings OT
Alderton, Philippa
phlip at morganco.net
Thu Sep 16 08:49:18 PDT 1999
Pineapples and Spanish Moss are two different species. Pineapple is Ananas
comosus. Spainsh Moss is Tillandsia usneoides.
BTW, Spanish Moss is not a parasite as it does not use the host for
nourishment. It uses the host only as physical support.
Bear
> In a message dated 9/16/99 1:28:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> lilinah at grin.net
> writes:
>
> << Pineapples don't grow on trees, that's for sure. I've never seen a
> pineapple field in real life, but in photographs they appeared to be
> growing up out of the earth. The fruit is on a stalk in the center of the
> plant surrounded by very sharp leaves (like the ones on top of the fruit
> but bigger).
>
> Don't look at me, I have a black thumb.
>
> Anahita
> >>
> That is always how I have seen Pineapples grow also, thus the confusion
> with
> Spanish Moss. They seem to grow different? Thus they should be in a
> different genus?
>
> Frederich
>
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