Excalibur is a retail fruit tree nursery. They've been in business for decades. Don't know Destination Tropicals.

I know there has been a small sales/foreman change at Excalibur, so perhaps there isn't as great a focus on email as compared to phone. The owner is often on installation trips of his larger specimens; and, I know he recently has been focusing on plants being legally collected from Vietnam and then grown on the site here. Their number is 561-969-6988. They alos have a good deal of non-fruit trees and herbaceous materials that are out of the ordinary.

I did finally contact Excalibur on Friday. I was looking for either grafted or airlayered Rambutan. Unfortunately they did not have them. He did say it was possible by summer. Hopefully I can find a source by then. Destination Tropicals only has email as a contact. Thanks, J

I have been able to get Rambutan air-layers from Fruit Lover's Nursery in HI. They do ship to the mainland.

Ohiojay, would Rambutan survive in your zone? If it does, I'd join you in looking for one. I live in zone 6/7 actually and this winter we are more of zone 8.

Mariava, I'm growing all types of rare tropical fruits now in Ohio...with a catch! At this time, plants go from outside in the summer to inside a designated room under lights for the winter months. I've fruited mangos and such with success. I'm putting up a greenhouse this spring and a Rambutan is on my list of "must haves". There are sources out there for this plant...the majority having only plants started from seed, not grafted or air-layered. As Gatrops mentioned above, FruitLovers will occassionally have them but more often than not are sold out of them. Govardhan Gardens and Montoso Gardens in Puerto Rico usually have some plants that have just recently been grafted. I was hoping for a larger, more established plant. I'm surprised that Pine Island don't have these. I might email them and see what shakes loose. I'll keep you in mind if I locate any. J