They look interesting. I've never even heard of them. Kinda looks like a mini pineapple. LOL

Lisa: Is it sweet? I have never had a sweet tasting dragonfruit before, I have some non bearing dragonfruit plants, hope they are sweet ones.

Patusho- My neighbor says pitayas are sweeter and more flavorful than dragonfruit. He grows (and sells) just about every kind of tropical fruit tree there is, so he should know! I have never had a dragonfruit, but the pitaya reminded me of kiwi fruit-- lightly sweet, almost strawberry-like flavor, crunchy seeds, very nice!

I thought pitaya and dragonfruit were the same thing.

Gary

They are the same. There are many varieties, most unnamed.

I have 10 of them. Fours are the nearly thornless American Beauty variety and those are terrific plants-growing very nicely and easy to work with. The others are thorny and were purchased on a whim at a rare fruit show as cuttings. When I asked the variety, the seller chuckled, he said they did not have names. But, even among them, I see differences in ribbing, thorn type and growth habits.

There is a Pitaya group on yahoo.

I like looking at the viewer below. They sure are interesting plants!

Lisa

Here is a link that might be useful: Dragon fruit viewer

Wow nice fruit Lisa in Hawaii, you don't see too many red flesh Selenicerus too often and they are suppose to be more sweeter than the Hylocereus too!

Wow that pitaya is beautiful Lisa CLV! I've heard how common pitayas are in Hawaii...they grow over walls in school yards and hotels? Are they invasive in Hawaii?

I have several pitaya...don't know what variety however. I did see they were selling lots at HD a month ago.

This kind is not that common here, Kameha. What grows all over the place is Hylocereus undatus, or Night-blooming Cereus. I guess you can eat that one too, but I didn't know that before, and I don't think most of the people who have it growing on their walls know that either. It's pretty much just regarded as an ornamental.

I wouldn't call it exactly invasive, but I've seen it naturalized on a number of hillsides, so I guess you could look at it that way. Really pretty when all in bloom in the early morning-- big white flowers as big as your head!

Here is a link that might be useful: Night-blooming Cereus