How to prune ananas lucidus

After flowering or fruiting; dead leaves anytime. Cut the spent flower or fruit stalk at its base with sterilized scissors. Remove yellowing or dead outer leaves by cutting cleanly at the base. Allow pups to reach one-third the size of the mother plant before separating and potting them individually.

Once per flowering cycle; pup separation as needed. Ananas lucidus (porcelain pineapple) needs very little pruning. Its smooth-edged burgundy leaves lack the fierce spines of other Ananas, making it more manageable indoors. Being monocarpic, the rosette blooms and fruits once then dies back. Remove dead leaves to give space to basal pups, which carry on the plant.

Cut the spent flower or fruit stalk at its base with sterilized scissors. Remove yellowing or dead outer leaves by cutting cleanly at the base. Allow pups to reach one-third the size of the mother plant before separating and potting them individually.