Balcony
Use
Red
Flower Color
Non Fragrant
Fragrance
Summer
Flowering Season
Low
Maintenance
Yes
With Pots
Small
Size
Outdoor Shade,Outdoor Sun
Sunlight Requirement
Hylocereus Undatus
Family
cactaceae
Native
Unknown
Description
Dragonfruit stems are scandent (climbing habit), creeping, sprawling or clambering, and branch profusely. There can be 4-7 of them, between 5 and 10 m or longer, with joints from 30-120 cm or longer, and 10-12 cm thick; with generally three ribs; margins are corneous (horn-like) with age, and undulate.
Stems are triangular, 3-sided, although sometimes 4- or 5-sided, green, fleshy, jointed, many branched. Flowers are typically white in colour and bell shaped, stamens and lobed stigmas are cream coloured. Fruit is a fleshy berry, oblong to ovoid, up to 6-12 cm long, 4-9 cm thick, red with large bracteoles, pulp white, edible, embedded with many small black seeds. Average fruit weight is 350-400 g
Environment
It is a fast growing, vine-like, tropical cactus grown for its fleshy. Optimum temperatures for growth are 18-25 �C, with good relative humidity levels. it may be injured by extreme sunlight and can tolerate some shade; however, it is considered to be a full sunlight crop in Central and South American countries. They do best in a loose soil, rich in organic matter, with a pH of 5.5-6.5 and not more than 50% slope. It fruit has a low water demand
Landscape Uses
It is used as an ornamental and as a fruit crop, It is an excellent plant for container growing. It always looks good and stays small.
