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Old 06-20-2008, 09:41 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lorax View Post
I have the yellow ones - Selenecerus megalanthus - and I'm quite fond of them. Awesome as a freezer snack, but my fave is to juice them with fresh agave syrup. The resulting beverage tastes like fresh rain smells.
Those of us in non-equatorial climates are totally jealous! It takes 5 to 9 months for the Selenecerus megalanthus fruits to ripen here and they taste poor compared the ones shipped fresh from your neighborhood. On the otherhand, the Hylocereus fruits ripen in 30 to 50 days in southern CA.
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