tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post6077402239057480577..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Unsung Hero (Hylocereus undatus)mr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-46074979315809572722021-05-01T10:28:57.627-07:002021-05-01T10:28:57.627-07:00Thank you for the detailed post on this plant! I r...Thank you for the detailed post on this plant! I received a post-separation Hylocereus as a "mystery plant" during a swap with a friend. Since then, I've been trying to figure out what it is and what's up with these crazy roots! Mystery solved. :) And I guess I'd better give it something to lean on before its weird little arm falls off! Great to know it can go on summer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-5536699412918230392020-11-21T10:48:48.528-08:002020-11-21T10:48:48.528-08:00Unknown:
Hard to say without being able to see it...Unknown:<br /><br />Hard to say without being able to see it. If the base below the new shoot is still green, nutrients and water can still reach the new shoot, so there's no immediate urgent need to remove it. <br /><br />If the side shoot stops growing, or shrivels, or if the soil starts to dry out much slower than it used to, it might be a good time to remove the side shoot and start it mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-42081569593950707622020-11-19T07:59:36.818-08:002020-11-19T07:59:36.818-08:00So I got this my cactus about a year ago and it ha...So I got this my cactus about a year ago and it had the red ball on top, but the ball started to get soft and loose colour. So I did some searching around and found out that it was two separate plants and the top red ball was like a parasite and then I read that you can cut the red ball off to save the base cactus so that's what I did. But now the top of my cactus is basically a grey Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17909800724393835850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-45930480360524672672019-11-07T08:33:21.178-08:002019-11-07T08:33:21.178-08:00My boyfriend and I had gotten one of these plants ...My boyfriend and I had gotten one of these plants at an actual greenhouse. I'm sure we over paid, now noting that it is not one plant but two, and due to the fact that as soon as we brought it home the top shriveled up and died. We wondered, now what? We just have a green base of a cactus, what are we doing with this....well we kept it. I didn't have the heart to do anything else with it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-72399978008764257582019-09-15T13:03:24.720-07:002019-09-15T13:03:24.720-07:00I have been trying to figure out what this plant i...I have been trying to figure out what this plant is for awhile as I have had mine for 6 years and started it from a cutting. When I reasearched it came up as Dragon Fruit but I was skeptical. I recently bought a Dragon Fruit and as we speak have about a handful of sprouts growing. Can't wait to see how they turn out. I am so glad I found your post, thanks for the information it is a big Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14453195149678167556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70264072799774975452019-05-29T16:52:51.212-07:002019-05-29T16:52:51.212-07:00The large mature dragon fruits look so different f...The large mature dragon fruits look so different from the base cactus on the moon cactus. I wonder if they are really the same type of Hylocereus. If you want to grow moon cactus you need to buy a lot of the bases to use for transplanting the round top parts. But, its not possible to find just a base in the stores? If you could grow one that is healthy I assume the base will segment itself and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-35617596230287744412018-05-25T19:46:39.760-07:002018-05-25T19:46:39.760-07:00Like almost any other fruit bought at the grocery ...Like almost any other fruit bought at the grocery store, a dragon fruit tastes 100 times better when it is not picked too early and then shipped 2000 miles (that’s not an exaggeration- dragon fruits travel farther than any other grocery store item). My first taste of one was from a farmer’s market in Hawaii. OMG! I was spoiled for life. Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248056653295934929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-24032165389461010632017-07-22T15:27:57.106-07:002017-07-22T15:27:57.106-07:00Omg your article explains so much!!!! I purchased ...Omg your article explains so much!!!! I purchased one of these moon cactus and my cat knocked the top bulb off. I honestly had no idea these were grafted on. Just a day after the bulb was off it sprouted a cute little arm so I kept it planted. It became about 6 inches long and started toppling the whole thing over from it's weight. I leaned it up against my wall and from out of nowhere it Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750324930441264286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-11518843678851025012017-05-15T17:04:11.691-07:002017-05-15T17:04:11.691-07:00Awesome article! Very humorous and informative. Th...Awesome article! Very humorous and informative. Thank you. ET.Elizabeth Cakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180773573778245005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-12175345167969615552016-11-28T15:41:46.550-08:002016-11-28T15:41:46.550-08:00Ricardo Roa:
No sé. ¿Es saludable en parte?Ricardo Roa:<br /><br />No sé. ¿Es saludable en parte?mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-85128441034653420772016-11-28T06:50:09.322-08:002016-11-28T06:50:09.322-08:00Buenos días que puedo hacer si mi cactus se empiez...Buenos días que puedo hacer si mi cactus se empieza a marchitoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784836529187348940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-15195441705580484902016-08-13T17:20:34.845-07:002016-08-13T17:20:34.845-07:00Both the "neon" version and the plain gr...Both the "neon" version and the plain green Gymnocalycium will flower. In fact they will usually flower throughout the summer if given enough light. The normal green variety (mine is almost a gray green) will give you pink flowers on short stalks. The neons vary from a light yellow to different shades of pink. I'm yet to see them produce seed. I sliced off the graphted top as Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239128811850416174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-32598423829020777522015-11-24T16:36:31.597-08:002015-11-24T16:36:31.597-08:00Anonymous:
I got rid of it in May 2012, so it was...Anonymous:<br /><br />I got rid of it in May 2012, so it was here just short of five years. <br /><br />I never offered it anything to climb, and I think it was probably only just barely hanging in there all along, because I wasn't giving it enough light. (Because I didn't <i>have</i> enough light.) It got to the point where it was so big, and so easily tangled in other plants, and so -- mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-5740581555929626132015-11-24T13:26:58.460-08:002015-11-24T13:26:58.460-08:00These are pretty cool plants. I got a few in colle...These are pretty cool plants. I got a few in college, but after a couple years, they died. I have a couple new hylocereus, and one in particular is growing like CRAZY. In 3 weeks, it started growing a nubby arm, 2 weeks later it went from having this little caterpillar arm to a Popeye-like arm which started growing aerial roots. So far it hasn't tried climbing on anything, even though I'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-37959468470796105032015-06-09T07:55:48.388-07:002015-06-09T07:55:48.388-07:00Anonymous:
I've never tried to root a piece, ...Anonymous:<br /><br />I've never tried to root a piece, but jungle cacti are usually pretty easily rooted. mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-38514205105972583882015-06-08T22:23:50.485-07:002015-06-08T22:23:50.485-07:00I actually got a free clipping of these today from...I actually got a free clipping of these today from walmart. The gymno had been long gone (calloused over) and the bottom was starting to rot from the soil up (probably because it still got watered these but didn't have the same biological load that was using the water but that's neither here nor there I guess.)<br />I cut off the yellow gelly part and now I'm left with about an inch Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-77905505028674652372015-04-22T20:48:36.310-07:002015-04-22T20:48:36.310-07:00i live in bundaberg, queensland australia where th...i live in bundaberg, queensland australia where the climate is sub tropical and they grow really well here. dragon fruit are produced commercially here and are sold all over australia. i have one growing wild over a greenhouse roof and it flowers on the full moon over three nights. recently it had over twenty spectacular flowers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-20296965764777693032014-11-28T16:05:15.118-08:002014-11-28T16:05:15.118-08:00I saw this by accident and loved your blog. I wil...I saw this by accident and loved your blog. I will buy one and knock that freeloader off to liberate the dragon fruit! Thanks for the info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-6765296402044495772014-06-17T19:16:52.842-07:002014-06-17T19:16:52.842-07:00Taram0810:
I haven't done any of this persona...Taram0810:<br /><br />I haven't done any of this personally, but my guesses would be that yes, you could graft a new top onto the same base, though you would need to re-cut the base, and yes, you can graft with one of the offsets from the top. <br /><br />The only caution I would have about using one of the offsets would be that you'll need to remember that if the plant on top is too mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-11564725069073143772014-06-17T18:28:28.279-07:002014-06-17T18:28:28.279-07:00If the lazy bum of a red ball on mine falls off ac... If the lazy bum of a red ball on mine falls off accidentally (not bc it rotted or anything) can I graft a new one on the same plant? Also sometimes there's like 5+ mini colored balls sprouting off the main large one. Can I use one of them to graft? Thanks!!!Taram0810https://www.blogger.com/profile/05905924563893107584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-40316749164336089842013-07-19T14:25:11.101-07:002013-07-19T14:25:11.101-07:00I ran into that strange fruit in the supermarket a...I ran into that strange fruit in the supermarket and liked it. I went looking for a dragon fruit cactus. I bought one on line and planted it in 2011 about 2 years ago.<br />A week ago we noticed something growing from one of the limbs. Low and behold it was a flower and then a second one. What beautiful flowers and very large white in color. First one bloomed and 2 nights later the other, <br />IAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043965650793802589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-75728238469815653872012-08-31T18:16:41.879-07:002012-08-31T18:16:41.879-07:00Great blog, thanks! I wanted to let the fans of th...Great blog, thanks! I wanted to let the fans of this 'unsung hero' know that I just purchased a 2.5 qt sized one at Home Depot in Chico, CA. They are from "Smart Planet; drought tolerant plants", in green plastic pots, for only $5.48! Hopefully all of the Home Depots are carrying them. Good luck to all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-38000111512514948402012-08-05T10:43:46.588-07:002012-08-05T10:43:46.588-07:00Thank you for the excellent & extremely inform...Thank you for the excellent & extremely informative post. You have a trooper there. I have always been interested in learning more about the Hylocereus and am now going to purchase one to watch it grow in its own right on my New York window sill. You've converted me!<br /><br />I'm guilty of purchasing a beautiful orange grafted moon cactus full of pups - At first for its beauty, thenLatinLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774285574673440442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-82133993568949954102012-07-23T22:23:15.385-07:002012-07-23T22:23:15.385-07:00We moved to this house 4/09(SoCal Orange County). ...We moved to this house 4/09(SoCal Orange County). It had this ugly 6 foot cactus on the property line which I hated. So, in my infinite wisdom, I had the gardener chop the thing down to 1 foot when the neighboring house was empty. Well, the stupid cactus grew back to 6 foot in 1 year. As I was contemplating what to do with it, I staggered out one early morning(conquest unknown)and found these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-71858864877021284742012-06-19T09:36:46.519-07:002012-06-19T09:36:46.519-07:00jnodrog:
You mean epiphyte. Saprophytes grow on d...jnodrog:<br /><br />You mean epiphyte. Saprophytes grow on dead organic matter.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.com