Nope, pineapple plants (after fruiting) will produce multiple "pups" or offshoots from the base that'll each grow into new plants - it's how they naturaly propagate and why you'll often see clumps of them growing together in the wild.

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

See, that's why I'm confused, I thought pups grew from the base and this thing is near the top.

[–] Getting6409@piefed.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pineapples got a few words for their offshoots. I'd guess because it's a commercial fruit. I've never seen this terminology applied to offshoots/sets for other bromeliads. Other bromeliad species also send out pups from different parts of the plants. There's some tillandsias and orthophytums that make offshoots from the flowering stalk. Here's a nice diagram of pineapple offshoots and their labels

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Very useful, thanks! So I guess this would be a slip? or maybe aerial sucker