Wang Lai

In cantonese, the "pineapple" sounds like "incoming fortune". While the pineapples sold in the markets can be theoretically grown in a pot, why grow the large ones when you can grow the bonsai variety like the one in my garden orchard? The spike supporting the fruit has grown taller over the last two weeks, but today I noticed a ring of stiff blue flowers forming around the fruit. And those ants too. You get the feel how small this pineapple is. For certain, this fruit is not worth the trouble eating.