Hylocereus undatus - Dragon Fruit Vine Flowers
By Delonix1
- 6 Sep, 2015
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My Dragon fruit vine flowered again. It had many more flowers about two weeks ago. It flowers many times throughout spring, summer and fall. Photo taken Sept. 1, 2015.
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It is quite spectacular Delonix1.
6 Sep, 2015
Stan:
They need to be hand-pollinated late at night for them to produce fruit. The last flowering this plant had two dozen flowers and I didn't get to pollinate it; however, one fruit is developing. The fruit on this variety is very good and sweet! It's a very common vine here.
6 Sep, 2015
Klahanie:
Thanks! :>)
This flowering is not so spectacular as usual. The last flowering a few weeks ago was very spectacular.
6 Sep, 2015
wow they look so dramatic.
11 Sep, 2015
It's more dramatic with more flowers in the middle of the night. It's a night-blooming vine. I got one fruit on it that's almost ripe. I was upset I missed the big flowering a few weeks back because I didn't get to hand-pollinate the flowers to get more fruit. The fruits ripen very quickly within about 3 weeks. This variety has very sweet fruit, also. I've heard the salmon-colored variety has the sweetest of all varieties.
12 Sep, 2015
BathG, they are BIG flowers in person. A few opening at once like in the photo stands out at dusk.
13 Sep, 2015
That must be quite a sight to see.
13 Sep, 2015
The flowers fully open are over 12" (31cm) wide.
14 Sep, 2015
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A lot of people say they cant get them to fruit. I would tell them I do see big moths around here at night.
Congrats, I see them for $8 each at the Asian markets.
6 Sep, 2015