Hi, My seedlings start growing "spines" and becomes "fat". Should I give them fertilizers ? ciao [All pitaya seedlings have many short spines as part of the...
David Ecuador has production of yellow and red Pitahaya. We are focusing in the european market since they don´t have too many barriers for imports for...
Here in San Diego, California, I just picked the last pitaya of the season, and it was very sweet. It was one from Paul Thomson, which he called "Vietnamese...
In which part of Ecuador are you growing Pitaya? I spent a summer on the other side of the kuta ku (sp?) mountains in "el Oriente" working with the Shuar. ...
Does anybody have ANY experience with the AccuRain watering robotic system? http://www.accurain.com - Paul [In Southern California, water is expensive and ...
Dear Leo and Group: My name is Whitney and I live in Traverse city, MI. Our Selenicereus Megalanthus grew a new tip last year, but one of our cats knocked it...
Hi, Plants such as Hylocereus, Selenicereus, Epiphyllum do not stop growing, ever. These plants are from tropical areas of the world, places where the...
Hi Ray, Well, it is raining here so I am finally catching up on some e-mails. Try Frankie's nursery in Hawaii for yellow pitaya cuttings. I bought a couple...
Hi, An observation to all those Pitaya lovers out there.... I was going to the local stand of Pitaya, on one beautiful sunny 75 degree day in South Florida,...
I have this book from Thailand on pitaya, with more than 200 pages, many of which contain numerous color photographs of fruit, flowers, and plants, including...
Hi All, I haven't read through it yet, but this looks like a very interesting paper. http://www.aciar.gov.au/publications/proceedings/100/12_Le_Van_To.pdf ...
Hello group I am new to this group, about a month now. Have enjoyed reading all the posts. I was wondering if anyone has H. undatus seed that I could buy. I ...
Is that the seed you want from the yellow pitaya or the red-skinned one? Yellow is Selenicereus megalanthus. Red is Hylocereus spp. I have seed from the yellow...
Hello all pitaya members I am in Israel and have seeds for sale at 1000 seeds for $25: Selenicereus grandiflorus, S. megalanthus Hylocereus costariciensis, H....
How do we culture red pitayas from a young seedling? What kind of medium and growth formulation should we use? How long does it take for red pitaya seeds to...
My pitaya plants are all relatively young with some having bloomed only two seasons and some that have yet to bloom. So I lack the experience of many of you. ...
I've Hylocereus undatus but the auto-sterile cultivar. I'm writing from Italy and I'm looking for Pitaya cuttings of a self-fertile cultivar. Can someone help...
I recently ran across this description of pitahaya in a list of fruit and their uses. The colors, of course, cover a wide range from white through pink and...
Dear Yahoo Pitayafruit group: I wonder if any of you has ever reported in your pitaya fruits a disease caused by the fungus Fusarium sp (fruit dry basal rot)....
I recently bought a carton of reddish purplish-fleshed dragon fruit that was brought in from Malaysia. While the white-fleshed variety is very common here, the...
I am looking for a retailer of pitaya fruit. Can anyone help me? I live in Iowa, so exotic fruits like this are very hard to find. Any help would be greatly...
Howdi, I got my first batch of Pitaya cuttings just before Christmas, and they're looking wonderfully healthy (they've rooted, and most of them have started...
Leo, Thank you for your comments. Personally, I find the red-coloured flesh very interesting as most other fruits don't have flesh with such intense colour....
Dear Friend, I am a Pitaya farmer in Malaysia. The color is natural. No dye is added to it. This is comman question for first time buyer. don't worry , just...
Maybe the plant is an Epiphyllum sp? Regards, Fabrizio Amicone [Definitely a possibility, as many epiphyllum plants have the same three sided vines. Some are...
Hi Jedd, Can you post a picture of the cuttings? Can you describe the stems compared to a Hylocereus? Maybe we can identify it that way. Thanks. Sven Jedd...
