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Hylocereus undalatus - Dragon Fruit / Red Pitaya


Hylocereus undalatus - Dragon Fruit / Red Pitaya

Dragon fruit photo posted for my GoY friend Mushybanna.
Photo taken at the San Diego Zoo in Sept. 2008



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Mushybanna:

You can see how it got its name dragon fruit.

13 Oct, 2009

 

These are delicious.............

13 Oct, 2009

 

Absolutely amazing ...... It s brilliant D. Can you eat them ??

14 Oct, 2009

 

Yes, the inside is the edible fruit with many seeds. They are very sweet and is high in anti-oxidants. Have you ever heard of the dragon fruit drink? It's is very common here.

The plants are also very widely grown here...vining up into trees, fences and walls.

15 Oct, 2009

 

you might check out Terry60's pics of Prickly Pear Cacti..growing beside a pathway in Italy... she even posted a pic of how to eat the fruit.

16 Oct, 2009

 

Lori:

Prickly Pear cacti or so common here...they grow wild in every canyon and hillside by the several millions.. We pretty much take them for granite here.

I'll have to check out Terry60's photos...I'd like to see how she peels the fruit.

I've eaten the fruit before however, it has so many seeds...it tend to be a lot of work. lol.

17 Oct, 2009

 

...and the flowers of Hylocereus are stunning too.

18 Oct, 2009

 

Rbtkew:

I have just posted photos of flowers from my plant in
the last few days. Check it out.

18 Oct, 2009



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