Cherimoya (forum)

Helen starts with ...
I thought you might like to see our cherimoya bearing quite a lot of fruit.
I have been hand pollinating it for a few years now and this is probably one of the best results so far. I really enjoy creating the fruit and eating it, they are out of this world. I use a small paint brush and little bottle, kept in the fridge overnight. It is easy to collect the pollen from the aging flower (male) and insert it into the newly opened flowers (female), and fun to watch the little fruit grow.
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Time: 15th March 2011 3:15pm

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HappyEarth says...
Nice one ... but looks more like a rollinia to me!

Rich
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Time: 15th March 2011 3:26pm

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peter says...
hi helen
they look excelent, thanks for posting pictures. do you know the variety.
ive been trying to get cherimoya seeds
for a while with no luck. would you
have any for sale.

Time: 15th March 2011 5:30pm

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BJ says...
Hi Helen. Its a beauty, but as Rich says it looks like a Rollinia. Do the fruits go a yellowy colour when ripe and taste a bit like a gooey lemon sherbert?

Time: 15th March 2011 5:33pm

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Jason says...
Yes that's not a Cherimoya but a great tree anyway. That's also how I pollinate my Cherimoyas, late night pollen hunt then pollinate the female flowers that are open at the time, then fridge it and get the rest of them in the morning.

Peter you can get Cherimoya seeds from ebay easily, a guy in Bolivia has them and some other good stuff listed most of the time

Time: 15th March 2011 5:52pm

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peter says...
hi jason
ive tried importing some in the past
but they were held back by customs
who wanted some rediculous price
to treat them.

Time: 15th March 2011 5:57pm

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John Mc says...
Do the flowers look like a boat propeller?
Here's a pic of a small Rollinia flower.
The leaves certainly look like a Rollinia.
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Time: 15th March 2011 6:41pm

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