It would be really cool to plant it in a 45/50 gallon pot and see what happens. You might have the only one in Florida of that variety.

Chrobrego,

That is so cool! This will surely inspire me to keep this little guy alive. I must refrain myself from doing too much to it as I know less is always more for a tender lychee plant. I'll just let it sit in this pot as long as it's happy and then re-pot it to a bigger size pot when it's time to do so. Right now, it's just sitting on top of my mini fridge in my office under a hanging LED light.

I looked at the prior post. are you sure they are different cultivars?

lychees are known to oxidize and turn a dark color. there were stories that the emporer would have fresh lychee delivered because his wife didn't like the red color.

The varieties available in the U.S. are completely different from the common varieties in Asia. This goes for several tropical fruits, not just lychee. That's not to say the varieties in the U.S. are not good, but several of the varieties in Asia tend to have certain unique attributes that are not even considered by people growing these fruits in America. People in the U.S. want big and sweet and tasty.

Remember, lychee has been growing in Vietnam and China for many many hundreds of years, so they have had time to breed special attributes and refine it to an art. When lychees were brought over to America, only a small handful of varieties were taken. Not that different varieties of lychee are really all that different from each other, but there are differences.

Unfortunately due to the rapid modernization in China and Vietnam, probably a lot of the old varieties have been lost. Also realize there is a cultural gulf between this part of Asia and the West. Only a small number of people in Asia really know much about lychee varieties, and what are the chances these people are going to talk in a different language about it to someone in another country who happens to want to know about it? Many of these people in the rural growing regions may not even have computers. Even the Vietnamese nursery owners selling lychee here only seem to know about the usual American varieties.

bananafan2, more than likely you're going to have a unique variety, as far as any lychee growers in America are concerned. Also realize that lychee may not grow exactly true from seed (although I suspect it won't be much different from the parent most likely). A seed from Duongphen would not be Duongphen, it would be a seedling of Duongphen.

Parker,

I'm agreeing with you that this variety is of a unique variety for the reasons you've stated. As far as my own observation goes, I haven't tried on a lychee that has such a different skin texture as this one. The skin is almost paper thin and it is so with all the fruit in that package I bought. The red remained red for many days ... I noticed with the other varieties I'm familiar with here in the U.S., they all turn brownish red after a few days to a week.

So, as to your question, Andi, I'm not 100% sure ..., but at this point in time, I tend to think it's of a very different kind of cultivar.

Thanks, guys, for joining in the discussion here :)