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Post by rowan on Apr 6, 2014 15:21:50 GMT -5
I have this cactus that I found in someones garden that has the most delicious fruit, much better than dragon fruit in my opinion. I have germinated seeds and taken cuttings but I don't know the name of it. The leaves vary from flat to three sided and the fruits don't have 'scales' like dragon fruits. It tends to be more bushy than climbing but still looks like dragon fruit plants. Because dragon fruit won't overwinter here and this one does I would like to sell the plants when I have enough but of course I need a name.   Anyone have an idea? |
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Post by templeton on Apr 6, 2014 16:43:37 GMT -5
No idea, but I'll be driving down to pick up some plants as soon as you have them for sale!
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Post by rowan on Apr 6, 2014 16:57:53 GMT -5
Anytime, I have a heap of seedlings  |
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 6, 2014 19:01:37 GMT -5
Can we have a bigger hint, like a photo of the cacti itself?
My cactus has red fruit, but if you held it like that, you'd have a handful of spines!
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Post by steev on Apr 6, 2014 21:25:06 GMT -5
Common dragon fruit are flashy, but blah tasting; I've seen a white-fleshed one that looked much like yours (though green) which was quite tasty. Got seeds?
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Post by templeton on Apr 6, 2014 22:56:11 GMT -5
Common dragon fruit are flashy, but blah tasting; I've seen a white-fleshed one that looked much like yours (though green) which was quite tasty. Got seeds? The dragon fruit I had in Vietnam were spectacular, but the ones available here in southern Australia are, I agree, insipid. T |
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Post by rowan on Apr 7, 2014 0:59:37 GMT -5
The plant is just like a dragon fruit but non climbing. Here is a picture of one of my small plants that I grew from a cutting.  To those of you who have asked for seed, I will have to wait for the plants to fruit. I am not sure if the seeds have to be very fresh or not. I picked the fruit in winter last year when I was gathering some macadamia nuts but there is no sign of flower buds on my small plants so we might have to wait another year. Maybe I can send cuttings to those in Aus. next spring. Let me know if you want one. |
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Post by raymondo on Apr 7, 2014 3:31:18 GMT -5
Would love to try some if you have enough come spring. I wonder if it is a relative of dragon fruit, or perhaps just a particular cultivar?
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Post by blueadzuki on Apr 7, 2014 7:07:48 GMT -5
Well, it certainly looks like it might be from that complex. At first I thought it might be apple cactus, but givne those blade shaped phylodes, I have to say to this plant "You can not be Cereus" (  ) |
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 7, 2014 7:56:34 GMT -5
Looks like some type of Cereus to me.
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Post by stillman on Apr 8, 2014 17:39:42 GMT -5
Epiphyllum sp some are tasty some are not we grow a heap for there flowers but every now and then I eat them. I mainly grow Cereus repandus for fruit, but have a heap of other Ceresus and feral dragon fruit around the yard.
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Post by raymondo on Apr 9, 2014 5:10:51 GMT -5
Sounds like the one. It may be quite variable, taste-wise, from seeds.
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Post by cortona on Apr 25, 2014 4:32:55 GMT -5
yep, i agree with stillman, ephypillum of some sortthe interessant thingh is that is a bit more cold hardy tan dragonfruit, and yes, ephy are really variable from seeds so i think cuttings are the best way to reproduce it!
ah...just in case you have a spare cutting that you can try to send me.....i'm really really interested!
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Post by longhorngardens on Apr 26, 2014 18:25:50 GMT -5
In what seems like a different life I had a large collection of epi's. It was back before growing food became so important. I used to buy them on eBay. Search for "orchid cactus" for some amazing flower pictures. They have what I believe to be the most beautiful flowers in the plant kingdom.
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Post by rowan on Apr 27, 2014 0:28:02 GMT -5
Thanks for all your input. At least I have something I can tell my customers when I end up with some fruit to sell.
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