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Hammocked Banana
08-21-2012, 02:45 PM
Hey everybody, I'm looking for some dragon fruit cuttings of a known variety here in Canada. Specifically I'm looking for 'American Beauty' 'Physical Graffity' 'David Bowie' and 'Natural Mystic' however I would also be open to some other varieties as well. Any leads would be awesome!! :nanadrink:

2woodensticks
08-21-2012, 05:27 PM
are you just looking for cereus speices???i have cereus costarican...cereus is the speices,incase you did not know

verndoc50
08-21-2012, 05:59 PM
Pine Island Nursery in Homestead, Florida has quite a variety of Dragon Fruit in stock. Check their web site. Don't know about the shipping.............

Abnshrek
08-21-2012, 09:57 PM
Pine Island Nursery in Homestead, Florida has quite a variety of Dragon Fruit in stock. Check their web site. Don't know about the shipping.............
Shipping is almost as much as the plants depending on what you order, could be more actually.

Hammocked Banana
08-21-2012, 10:43 PM
I actually tried to order from them at the beginning of the summer. Shipping was $100 but I was willing to pay that to know what I was getting. However I also needed a CITES certificate because they are apparently an endangered species. This was an extra $350 which is just too much money.

Hammocked Banana
11-29-2012, 07:22 PM
Bump. Maybe now that it's winter some Canadians will be bored patrolling the threads and see this...

JodoGarden
11-29-2012, 07:36 PM
Pine Island Nursery looks great! Most of the local garden centers around here carry dragon fruit... including HD, but the variety is usually not listed. They are sold as just "dragon fruit". Being a snob I always want to know what the cultivars are. Here's a link to PIN dragon fruit description page:

Dragon Fruit Viewer - Pine Island Nursery (http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/dragon/index.htm)

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JodoGarden
11-29-2012, 07:40 PM
Maybe growing DF from seed would be your best option? At least for now. I have one healthy plant that I started from seed... of course it has spines and I have no idea if the quality of fruit will be as good as the cultivars. I got it from here:

Hylocereus undatus - Dragon Fruit, Red Seeds (http://www.tradewindsfruitstore.com/servlet/the-98/Hylocereus-undatus---dsh-/Detail)

Hammocked Banana
11-29-2012, 08:35 PM
Thanks but if you read my other posts in this thread I want cuttings and they can't be shipped across the border w/o costing me a fortune

JodoGarden
11-29-2012, 08:39 PM
I thought maybe when you said you'd be open to other varieties you might consider seed.

Hammocked Banana
11-29-2012, 08:48 PM
Ya I'm trying to avoid it if at all possible. Just would take me a decade to ever see a flower

PR-Giants
11-29-2012, 08:51 PM
Buy a bunch, have them woven into a Christmas wreath and ship it as present.

Abnshrek
11-29-2012, 08:55 PM
Bamboo of Houston sells a couple known cultivars.. I think they have a site and sell on Ebay.. I'm sure they are more reasonable than Pine Island.. :^)

PR-Giants
11-29-2012, 09:07 PM
Nuestros Productos (http://jardineseneida.com/index.php/productos.html)

Hammocked Banana
11-29-2012, 09:10 PM
I like the wreath idea!!! Unfortunately I don't speak Spanish...

PR-Giants
11-29-2012, 09:11 PM
Does the cutting need roots?

sunfish
11-29-2012, 09:17 PM
Does the cutting need roots?

no

PR-Giants
11-29-2012, 09:26 PM
You pay for the plants and all I have to do is send you the branches and I get to keep the plant.

I ship to Manitoba often, I think it cost about $10.


New Thread

10 Free DF plants for Christmas to anyone who will send me a wreath.

Dangermouse01
11-29-2012, 09:31 PM
Check with this place, they say they can ship cutting outside the US (with limitations).

Hylocereus Hybrids (http://www.mattslandscape.com/hylocereus/)

DM

Abnshrek
11-30-2012, 12:29 AM
DF are the one thing I don't worry about when shipping or receiving since they can get lost in the mail and still show up in great shape. :^)

Hammocked Banana
11-30-2012, 12:34 AM
KJ are you a good wreath artist?? What exactly do you ship to Manitoba?

Wow dangermouse does that site ever have a lot of cultivars. It was so hard to decide on PI now its a whole new ordeal. Well see what the deal is when they ship to Canada though...

sunfish
11-30-2012, 08:57 AM
The scoop on 'Mattslandscape.com' (http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/7397/)

Hammocked Banana
11-30-2012, 10:59 AM
Funny because he hasn't replied to my inquiries yet either. Seems like he's fallen apart in 2012....too bad.

PR-Giants
11-30-2012, 11:39 AM
KJ are you a good wreath artist?? What exactly do you ship to Manitoba?

Wow dangermouse does that site ever have a lot of cultivars. It was so hard to decide on PI now its a whole new ordeal. Well see what the deal is when they ship to Canada though...

Better with ideas than artwork, but I know someone, who knows someone ...
That persons sells the material with a complete set of instructions on how to make your own authentic Tiano Dragon Fruit Festival Wreath.

flaflowerfloozie
12-22-2012, 07:23 PM
I have a variety called Makisupa.
Self pollinating type, huge flowers, magenta pulp
PM if interested