Our Dragon Fruit (pitayah) has performed very well after only about a year in the ground. Both the White Fleshed (left) and Pink Fleshed (right) varieties have set fruit and they are both ripening up nicely. We've already had a couple of the whites and they were surprisingly sweet, more so than the store bought ones by a long shot. We can't wait to try our pink variety. In the middle we have a yellow variety and another, different pink cultivar that are just starting to climb the post. This trellace is gonna be a hot mess of prickly vines, but boy is it worth it for the fruit! We did have to hand pollinate the pink variety but it was very easy by just ripping off some of the white variety's anthers and setting them on top of the pink variety's hoohaa. This has got to be one of the prettiest fruit around!

is "hoohaa" the technical term???

I believe it is.

Jody

is "hoohaa" the technical term???

Derived from the sound the flower makes following successful pollination. - gmp

MattyB:

Those fruits look terrific! I have one which has bloomed over the last several years, however, has never set fruit. I guess they do need to be pollinated.

Here's a photo of mine blooming in October of 2010 (it blooms sporadically from late spring to fall).

Does your plants have the same color flowers as mine?

Yes, my flowers look just like yours. From the vines and the flowers I'd say that you have the "red/pink" fleshed variety, which did not set fruit for us until we cross pollinated with our white variety. Pollination is super easy though.

stick it in the hoohah . . .

Yes, my flowers look just like yours. From the vines and the flowers I'd say that you have the "red/pink" fleshed variety, which did not set fruit for us until we cross pollinated with our white variety. Pollination is super easy though.

Thanks for the information! I'll have to pollinate next year. How many months did the fruit take to ripen?

Approximately 6 weeks from flower to harvesting fruit. pretty quick I'd say

Yes, my flowers look just like yours. From the vines and the flowers I'd say that you have the "red/pink" fleshed variety, which did not set fruit for us until we cross pollinated with our white variety. Pollination is super easy though.

Matt, how do you pollinate? Don't the flowers open at night -- or at least in the evening? Do you wear a "miner's" light to pollinate them?

Approximately 6 weeks from flower to harvesting fruit. pretty quick I'd say

Thanks for the information! That's a very quick ripening time.

Our first red one ripened today. Im happy that it's a true red and not a pink. Its sweeter than the white one.

Matt did you wear your pink Mohawk when you ate your dragon fruit? It looks like Jen was laughing at you