Re: Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus undatus)
Thankyou everyone for your responses. Yes, Sean, I think you are right
about it rotting in water. The method seems tempting because the base of it
seems to have what appear like new bulb scale growths which can't be
separated.
I think what I will do is leave it "on" the water and if it starts to rot
I'll salvage some seeds. As a houseplant, it seems it would perform like a
Christmas cactus.
It really is a beautiful fruit. Each one in the supermarket was nestled in
white foam netting and the gardener in me immediately said, "Grow it!"
Diane P.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean A. O'Hara"
>
> Here is a web page with lots of information about this member of the
cactus
> family. There is a fruit photo well-down into the text, so be sure and
> scroll through to find it. Looks just like what you described. You fruit
> might have a better chance of rooting if you set it on a pot of dry, sandy
> soil and provided occasional humidity. Some cactaceae have been known to
> sprout new shoots from their fruit, Opuntia being most notable. Looks
like
> a possible plant for a mediterranean climate, and the text of this page
> talks about it being grown in Israel as a crop plant (under shade cloth -
> this is a tropical cactus species).
>
> Regards,
> Sean O.
