After photographing my dragon fruit flower abundance in August, I forgot all about them.
On October 2, I noticed that the fruit were almost ripe.
Finally ready for picking!
I've never seen them clustered together in so many bunches before. Altogether, I counted 44 dragon fruit and blossoms.
That's way more than the dragon fruit bumper crop of 2009.
So many!
Yum!
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They are so pretty and vibrant! I envy your green thumb :(.
ReplyDeleteWow... I didn't know that they came from that plant. I have a similar plant in my garden, except I don't think it produces dragon fruit. It has very pretty flowers though.
ReplyDeleteAmazing - they look so much better than the ones we get here! Do you ever make anything with them (aside from eating raw)? Do they make a good jam or are they used in salads?
ReplyDeletePhuong,
ReplyDeleteIt's not really me. My oldest uncle planted it. I just water it occasionally. :P
x3baking,
Look in my garden index for night blooming cereus. Those are similar flowers, but not fruit.
Jonathan,
I mostly eat them raw, although I did roast a Cornish game hen ala "Like Water for Chocolate." I forgot about it and burnt it though so the pictures aren't too nice. I'll have to make it again with new photos.
I sometimes use them in fruit salads, but that's about it.
would like to know how they get pollinated. are they pollinated by hand using a paintbrush or are they pollinated by bees? their so many.!!!!
ReplyDeleteJames Billy,
ReplyDeleteBees! In some of my blossom pictures, you can see bees hovering inside the flower. Bees love them.