Although the dragon fruit plant has some drought tolerance, to produce a good fruit crop, it's best to water it consistently from the beginning of the bloom to harvest.

If dragon fruit were an aspiring actress, ... “The flower can’t bloom during the day because the sun would burn the flower,” said Robert Schueller, a produce expert at Melissa’s, ...

The common names include dragon fruit, pitahaya, night blooming cereus and belle of the night. The botanical name is a combination of the Greek word hyle meaning woody- matter and the Latin cereus ...

Dragon fruit flowers bloom inside a fruit orchard at a community in Xiamen, Fujian province. [Photo by Chen Bo/For chinadaily.com.cn] A fruit orchard spanning over 66 hectares is witnessing the ...

This larger fruit is usually referred to as dragon fruit. ... Night blooming cereus does well in a sunny spot though some sun protection for the epiphytic roots will help them thrive.

Dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, pitahaya, strawberry pear and night-blooming cereus, is a tropical fruit of the cactus (Cactaceae) family.

According to studies, dragon fruit has an anti-diabetic effect by regenerating pancreatic beta cells. ... Grown on the Hylocereus cactus, the flowers of a Dragon fruit bloom only at night.

I used up my savings to get the crop started. By mid-December, I had 1,000 baby cactuses reaching for the sky. We got our first flower in June and picked our first fruit on July 8.

Dragon fruit, also known as Honolulu Queen, belongs to the cactus species. Grown on the Hylocereus cactus, the flowers of a Dragon fruit bloom only at night.