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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
|  Posted: 2012-06-17 09:41 am Permalink
FLOWER BUD!!!!!!!
It's about 5 inches long. Unfortunately, I'm leaving the country for 2 weeks and won't get to see what develops - if my son doesn't take some pictures I'm gonna KILL HIM! 
Dragonfruit have large white flowers that bloom at night - one night only. I'm not sure if mine will ever develop fruit, they are pollinated by moths since the bees work the dayshift. I don't know if we have any of the right moths in our area?
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lunavideogames
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From: San Diego
| Posted: 2012-06-21 4:00 pm Permalink
Very cool. I have had Dragonfruit in my garden now for almost 2 years and nothing. It grows well in San Diego and needs stuff to climb on. My friend has grown them for years. He has like 15 plants and he says he gets like 5 fruit a year max. He says to only water them if the soil is completely dry, cause they don't need much water.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-07-01 9:50 pm Permalink
Thanks for the info Luna. My son faithfully checked the dragonfruit bud every night and took some pics but never saw it open. Looks like it did bloom (maybe for only a short period) and it now forming a fruit?
I found dragonfruit/pitaya in Cancun and finally got to try it ~ it doesn't have a lot of flavor. It's reminiscent of kiwi with all the seeds, it's more of a visual addition as a garnish. I also found pitaya paletas (Mexican ice cream bars) in the Guadalajara airport but I went for the avocado paleta instead (it wasn't sweetened much, kinda like guacamole on a stick  )
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VampiressRN
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From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2012-07-01 11:11 pm Permalink
You are a patient gardener Mike...congrats on the one-second bloom and painful wait for the tasteless critter!!!
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-07-02 06:18 am Permalink
I hadn't thought about it that way ~ a 3 year wait for a tasteless fruit!
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-07-04 2:02 pm Permalink
Well that's the end of the dragonfruit bud, it blew off last night in the high winds. I guess I'll have to wait another 3 years for the next one
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-10-14 08:59 am Permalink
Well I don't have to wait 3 years for the next flower bud:
We'll see what this one does
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VampiressRN
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From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2012-10-14 09:09 am Permalink
Riveting....simply riveting. A person could die waiting for action from that plant. But still gotta be one of the best looking fruits on the planet!!!
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-10-30 6:03 pm Permalink
Hold that thought Marlene, the latest bud withered up and DIED
A friend accidentally purchased some Pepsi X with Dragonfruit flavor and I tried one. It was NASTY! Didn't taste at all like dragonfruit (which taste like nothing), tasted more like some kind of gawdawful medicine
The Sobe Dragon, on the other hand, is pretty tasty (but doesn't taste like dragonfruit either )
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