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flaflowerfloozie

Get a solar powered yard lamp, I also had one that wouldn't bloom. I have one pointed at the one that is in shade and it blooms for me with the extra exposure, not allot but some. Just a thought for ya

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venturabananas

Good idea. I could see that working. But in truth, I'm not committed enough to the plant to go the effort. It was a remnant planting from the previous owner of our house.

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sunfish

I would plant it in the sun

venturabananas

I would, too, if I had a spot in the sun didn't already have something planted there!

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harveyc

Let it go natural and climb up a tree and the branches that reach out to the outer edges of the tree will fruit

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sunfish

Maybe you could plant some sunflowers near it

venturabananas

Good one.

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flaflowerfloozie

Mine was an unknown named gift from a friend, I let her decide where to put it...it's never fruited.
So I am still stumped as to exactly what type it is...It's huge! One day I'll move cuttings, maybe that is.
For me it wasn't a commitment exactly we were putting out the yard lamps, I decided I didn't like them stuck in the ground and screwed them to the soffit so they were pointing down at the dark areas. Areas that were really dark at night so we don't trip over a ghost, and it just happened to be in the dragon fruit's line, I too am light restricted for full sun, so I know what you mean.
The next year low and behold it bloomed...so see no commitment it was just in the way.

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nostodm

I have some red dragonfruit seedlings started (under 1" but showing tophairs) as well as a purple and a red working on rooting ( 7" cuttings, now starting to show new growth) I have seed for yellow that I will try to start tomorrow) will this be enough plants that they will cross pollinate ? they are in my greenhouse and seem to like it so far. any suggestions. anyone local that wants a baby or two? I ended up with over a dozen red babies, I do not have room for that many adults .

caliboy1994

Finally managed to get my trellis up!



'Physical Graffiti'



Hylocereus guatemalensis



Hylocereus ocamponis



They're really starting to take off. I'm expecting fruit next year!

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flaflowerfloozie

Lookin good! You'll have happy cactus that's for sure!!

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sunfish

Dragon fruit is so last year,-rutabaga are in this year

Hammocked Banana

Well this is my first year for dragon fruit so Ill skip on the rutabaga for now. A big thank you to Mike (Dangermouse01) for sending me some cuttings. They just arrived today and here they are after planting. They are temporarily loosely tied to these 3 foot stakes until they root and show signs of new growth, and then I will transplant them into their bigger trellised pots. They are protected from afternoon sun for now in my planting zone, under the roof. Thanks again Mike, these cuttings are huge and arrived in perfect condition.

Physical Graffiti on the left, Purple Haze in the back, American Beauty on the right and Vietnamese Jaina in the front

Dangermouse01

Had a couple of unknown varieties of DF in pots, needed to get them attaching themselves to something other than what they were attaching to. So I built a trellis set up towards the end of my driveway, one on each side.
Barely got the last one planted before the "rest of the day rain" started (yea for rain). Still have to trim the DFs, pull the rest of the grass, put down mulch, add some ground cover plants.





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Lanceg

Hello everyone, I to have an ORCHID CACTUS EPIPHYLLUM Pitaya Dragon Fruit plant. I did not know anything about this and I went ahead and bought it. LOL So long story short it is here in my plant room in a pot growing everywhere. So I need to find out more about it. As soon as I figure out how to post pictures I will. I need to replant it though as I think it is root bound. Any help would be appreciated.

Dangermouse01

My Dark Star is flowering up a storm. Had 5 flowers open last night, another 6-7 ready to open tonight.
Also ready to open tonight is 2-3 on both the Physical Graffiti and the Purple Haze.
Dark Star.


The solo fruit (so far) on the Purple Haze just started to change color today.


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nostodm

are any of these varieties self fruitful ?

flaflowerfloozie

The solo may be but the rest are not self pollinating...doesn't matter, you have a bunch flowering at the same time from different varieties...pray for bats...LOL

I do...

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Dangermouse01

...and carry a large watercolor paint brush.

This is my first year with copious flowering (all my DF were put in the ground Feb/Mar of 2012). I go out with the paint brush and try to hand pollinate what ever flowers are open. The Purple Haze fruit showing the color change was a flower that was open the same night as some Dark Star flowers, all those flowers have set fruit, so it could be a PH fruit pollinated with PH pollen or a mix of PH/DS pollen. I also try to collect pollen in a container that I keep in the refrigerator (same container for all the plants).
I have 6 different known varieties that are in various stages of flowering, by next year I should have 10 different known varieties flowering along with my unknowns.
So I cant say if I would get pollination naturally or not, maybe next year I will just let them be and see what happens.

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