I was at a rare fruit growers meeting in San Diego this past winter and someone was passing around a pitaya fruit that was sweet, juicy and beet red inside. I...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Mar 2, 2002 7:59 pm
I would imagine that most people in this group are interested in the pitaya fruits. They want to know about the varieties which are tasty; they also want to...
Epiphytic Plant Research and Information Center Nijmegen, The Netherlands http://www.epric.org updates: section plant of the month March 2002: Disocactus...
In the Cacti_etc newsletter someone wrote to say that at cactus-books http://www.cactus-books.com you can order books on any topic. The result will be a...
Hi Dick, Do you remember who brought in the pitaya fruit? Was it Jim Neitzel? If so, it was probably Hylocereus polyrhizus. Almost all of the red- fleshed...
Dick and Leo, It could have also been one of Paul's hybrids, some of which are dark red if I remember correctly. Or maybe Rixford which is the red parent of...
Dear Sainarong, The problem is I don't have the data to start a database. I have a good sized collection (~70) of varieties from California, but I know very...
My problem with the fruit ID is related to my status as a novice. I went to your winter Meeting of the Rare Fruit Growers at the Prado, but I didn't know...
Hi Dick, I'm pretty sure it was fruit from a Hylocereus polyrhizus you sampled. You would probably want to get a H. undatus and a H. polyrhizus, and only use...
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Sainarong Siripen Ras...
sainaron@...
Mar 8, 2002 6:05 am
From: Sven Merten <scoutdog@...> Sven: The problem is I don't have the data to start a database I will be collecting data, comparing taste, size,...
Leo and Dick, I was thinking it was a North County meeting, not San Diego, because we had several meetings where our members brought pitaya last year. So...
Hi Sainarong and Sven, There's a database feature at this PitayaFruit newsgroup site. It appears that one can add as many "tables" as desired, but each will ...
From: Joseph Berry mailto:intara20@... Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 in Thailand Couple of days ago while watering the dragon fruit I noticed they have started...
Hi, Ran across the group this morning and couldn't wait to join. Love the fruit off the prickly pear cactus here in NM and would like to try my hand at the...
Hi Patricia I did some searching on the internet. One place may be http://www.geocities.com/plumerias_2000/cactus_print.html They had H. undatus for $2.49 ea....
I am frequently asked if I know where people can buy pitaya plant material or seeds, and I have found very few places. The few I've found are selling H....
Dr. Yosef Mizrahi sent me photographs of two 'yellow pitayas.' One, the usual Selenicereus megalanthus whole and cut. The second is a yellow-skinned...
Hello, about the pictures: keep posting them; I look at them (and probably several others too!). This can become a nice photo encyclopedea Pieter ===== Pieter...
Dear Sir, I am Joe from Malta. I have read most of the book that you sent me written by Paul Thompson but I am still interested in getting further detailed...
... Dear Leo, The answer is simply no. There are very few people in the world who bred these plants. Among those who did it is our own group. We have ...
After you read the responses to my questions about the yellow Hylocereus undatus, I am even more puzzled than before. I have searched the internet for mention...
I'd never heard of Pitaya until this morning - I've recently gotten interested in epis, and have ordered a few from both eBay and an epi website. While nosing...
Hi everyone-- I just got back from Disneyland and thought everyone here might be interested in the first time I can remember of a reasonably mainstream use of...
Hello, I am a fruit addict and have been looking for cutting sources for "dragonfruit" (plants with known tasty fruit, since fruit quality is supposedly highly...
Hello all: We just found this group. Hello Leo. The H. Undatus we got now has a 6 inch growth from the lower segment. It also has 3-4 inch aerial roots on...
