Hi I am Leo Manuel, living in San Diego, and have only recently gotten interested in dessert quality fruit from pitayas. Paul Thomson has been experimenting...
Cactus Plants With Edible Parts - Stems or Flowers or Fruits or Tubers Source: Cornucopia II Cornucopia II - A Source Book Of Edible Plants by Stephen Facciola...
Hi, My name is Joe. I have already contacted some of you and you have always kindly responded.Being a member of CRFG I have been fascinated reading about...
Hi all, let's introduce us self very breefly here. Epiphytic Plant research and Information Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. We hope we can learn something...
Hi, we are looking for seed of several hylocereus species. Who can help us? Greeitngs Epric Foundation http://www.epric.org Epric Foundation Etudestraat 10 ...
I'm Larry Dodson, a member of CRFG - Inland Chapter in Riverside. On a trip to Vietnam in 1997 I tasted pitaya fruit for the first time and it was love at...
This past week the temperature has dipped below freezing at least three nights, and it has been in the 30s the last few nights. So far none of my pitayas are...
Larry, I registered 26 degrees on a thermometer at ground level about a week ago and my plants still seem ok. My neighbor said there was even snow on the...
Hi I have a few seeds that I really want to sprout, from a hybrid of H. polyrhizus x epiphyllum (epiphyllum was pollen donor.) They haven't sprouted, but look...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Feb 14, 2002 5:41 am
I told Leo some time ago that I would send him pictures of pitaya in Thailand. Well, here it is. Sainarong Rasananda PS I shall be sending more pictures of...
... Hi Sainarong, Apparently messages can't have non-text attachments, so we have a choice of your putting the pictures in the Photos section, or attaching ...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Feb 15, 2002 2:14 pm
... I have created quite a few 'yahoogroups' e-mail groups, and all of them have no provblem with accepting photos. I think that when you, Leo, created this ...
Hi Leo, I've never had a problem sprouting them even when buried fairly deep for the size of the seed in those peat pellets. They were always covered with...
I believe you can post pictures directly to the photo section, but if you prefer, you may attach pictures to emails directed to me mailto:rarefruit@......
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Feb 18, 2002 4:11 am
... From: leo92129 <rarefruit@...> Photos ... How do I access the Photo Section? Sainarong...
Hi Sainarong, I am glad you sent the Pitaya-in-Thailand picture. Do the pitayas there stay in the pots, or are they planted in the soil at some point? Is it...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Feb 18, 2002 5:22 pm
... Sainarong writes: I am afraid I am still lost. I accessed the PitayaFruit newsgroup website you refer to - at least I think I did - and I cannot click on...
... Hi Sainarong, I am puzzled. The Group Settings has it so members can download, access, or upload photos and files. The only thing I can think of is that...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Feb 19, 2002 4:29 am
... Sainarong answers: The pitayas in pots, when they become fully grown, are for sale as house ornamental trees. I do not think the buyers ever plant them in...
Hello, I am new to this group. I live in Belgium and I am a student agricultural engineering. I grow cacti for about 5 years now. To see my collection, visit...
Hi Pieter, The picture looks like fruit from Selenicereus megalanthus. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing nor eating one, but two years ago I began to grow...
Hello, thank all who helped me with the name. I suppose this one doesn't need anything special to germinate? Pieter ===== Pieter Colpaert Avelgem, Belgium ...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Feb 26, 2002 7:00 pm
... From: Leo Manuel <rarefruit@...>> ... Sainarong writes: The pitayas grown for commercial purpose in Thailand are Hylocereus undatus (Haw) Britt &...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Feb 27, 2002 5:32 am
... From: Leo Manuel <rarefruit@...> ... Sainarong writes: Hylocereus undatus.... needs 12 hours of sunlight per day for adequate photsynthesis and...
Two years ago I stayed at a hotel in the rain forest near Tikal, Peten, Guatemala. There I observed pitaya growing in the wild clinging high up in the...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Feb 28, 2002 5:17 am
... First, let me say that I am a complete novice in pitaya. What I know about pitaya is what I have read and what I have seen at various orchards in Thailand....
I think it depends on the variety. There is no doubt in my mind that here in Southern California they look greener and healthier when under a little shade. ...
