Comments on: Hylocereus undatus (Red Pitaya, Dragonfruit), the uniquely flamboyant cactus!

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:31:49 +0000

Hi Anastasia! You may probably want to explore the site at dragonfruit.Foodlywise to know more.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:47:54 +0000

I have a dragon fruit plant that has 3 very long shoot that have attached themselves to the side of my house. I would like to remove them but save the plant, what is the best way to do so?

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:20:02 +0000

Hi Debbie!
Sorry that we’re unable to assist you as we’ve never grown this plant before! :(

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:08:06 +0000

Hi Jacqueline, I have inherited some dragon fruit plants after my mom passed away. I found the stems are rather yellow and some have very unhealthy look. I got from fruit last year, but have not seen flowers this year. Could you give me some tips about how to keep the stems greens and spotless like the picture you have here? I posted my plant photo on facebook. Hope you can take a look. Thanks.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:00:20 +0000

Indeed, James. I was recently introduced by Nell Jean to the Epiphyllum blossoms, also known as Night Blooming Cereus! She has gorgeous captures of them at her blog, if you’re interested! Thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts.

By: james

james — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:32:35 +0000

When I first saw this I thought it was an orchid cactus but later when I checked again they are two different plants.
Though both are night blooming flowers.

Epphyllums have flat leaves but the dragonfruit have this compressed triangular shaped vines.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:24:01 +0000

Wonderful to see you here, Rose. Really appreciate your visit and sweet compliments. Thanks.

By: Rose See

Rose See — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:13:35 +0000

Hi Jackie,

Very interesting and informative, this is the first time I see the flower of the dragon fruit, very beautiful and magnificent.

Well done.

Rose

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:06:06 +0000

Thanks for your uplifting compliments and wishes, Tatyana! Happy holidays to you too!

By: Tatyana

Tatyana — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:09:30 +0000

Vining cactus? This is the first time I see it! I saw the pictures of its blooms, but never – fruit. They are beautiful and yes, very exotic! It’s an excellent post Jacqueline, with a lot of information and great pictures! Thank you! Have a happy Holiday Season!

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:33:09 +0000

Autumn Belle – thanks for visiting. Quite a number of plants in the Cactus family are known by the same common name, Night Blooming Cereus as stated at wikipedia. Like you, many a time I’m confused by some of the plants’ common name too as they vary according to regional locality and can be very misleading for us simple folks, huh! That’s why I like to know the botanical name of a plant as well, so as not to be confused unnecessarily. But, of course, between John and I we’ll refer to our plants by their common names which we find so much easier to remember! ;)
Re ‘Keng fah’, I’m not familiar with that plant though…sorry.

Nell Jean – thanks for dropping by and kind comments. Wow, must be wonderful to enjoy your fragrant blooms…probably you can share a pic or two when they bloom the next time, I’d love that very much! I’ve seen some online Epiphyllum images which show them to be quite colorful.

By: Nell Jean

Nell Jean — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:59:27 +0000

Wonderful photos! My night blooming cereus is an Epiphyllum with very similar blooms, but the leaves and stem are different. I’ve never had fruit to follow the blossoms, probably because my zone 8b conditions are not what it needed to produce fruit. The blooms have an incredibly wonderful fragrance.

By: Autumn Belle

Autumn Belle — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:54:35 +0000

Jacqueline, I am quite confused here. I thought the night blooming cereus is the ‘keng fah’, which is different from the dragon fruit. I have seen the dragon fruit flower on the web and it looks quite similar. I have been looking for a seedling to grow the keng fah because this was my late dad’s favourite flower. Do you know where I can find it?