Beautiful dragon! (forum)

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You would grow these just for the flowers wouldnt you? Only one flower, but I`m impressed!
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Time: 12th March 2012 5:56pm

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BJ says...
There are rumors of a pink flowered type here. hope to chase it to ground in a few weeks.

Time: 12th March 2012 7:51pm

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Mike says...
There are plenty of pink flowering ones in the US.BJ I had a standard white fleshed type a couple of years ago that never flowered.Before I hacked it out I gave a cutting to a friend.He told me last week that it has pale pink flowers but took 2 years to flower.

Time: 12th March 2012 8:04pm

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snottiegobble says...
Yes, this one also took 2 years & its supposed to have the hot magenta fruit flesh so I imagined the flowers would also be pink or even red !!

Time: 13th March 2012 12:11am

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MaryT says...
Beautiful beautiful beautiful! Is it as big as it looks?

Time: 13th March 2012 6:33am

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Mike says...
SG if you google mattslandscapes and dragonfruit,have a look at some of the flowers and fruit.Some flowers are 35cm and pink or purple.

Time: 13th March 2012 8:30am

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MaryT says...
Mike their website has the most stunning array of impossibly beautiful dragon fruit flowers! I can sit here all day looking at them but I have a date with a parcel at the post office!

Time: 13th March 2012 9:25am

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Mike says...
I hope the fruit is still in good nick.They are medium sized as the large ones did not fit as well and there is less there is less variety in the plants.
The rain is pouring outside and the yard is a mudfest after getting 50mm+ every day for a long time.Hopefully there will be some breaks in the weather today so I can give the trees their yearly haircut.
Some of those dragon fruit are here and I hope to get some cutting fairly soon.

Time: 13th March 2012 9:41am

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MaryT says...
Mike I am speechless - how can I repay you? Yes, everything is in good nick and they're being planted RIGHT NOW. I know that the moon flower that only opens at night is used for Chinese medicine; I wonder if Dragon Fruit flowers have the same power, or are they the same thing?

Time: 13th March 2012 10:09am

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Mike says...
Mary lots of plants that bloom at night with big white flowers including DF get called moonflowers.Maybe the chinese one looks like a white flowering kang kung and is in the same genus.
I didn't know if the mangosteens would be alright inside after travelling.

Time: 13th March 2012 10:25am

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John Mc says...
Hey Mike, your parcel arrived this morning, the Mangosteens in perfect condition, they taste like they were picked yesterday, beautiful. All valuable seeds planted immediately, can't wait for them to germinate. As always, very much appreciated.

These are self pollinating. I hand pollinate just to make sure. It's shaping up to be quite a large fruit, worth weighing when ripe.


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Time: 13th March 2012 1:02pm

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Mike says...
I'm glad all arrived safe and well and I hope the seeds germinate.I'm starting to forget what I've sent to whom and I think there are no mystery specimens.

Time: 13th March 2012 1:24pm

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MaryT says...
Mike I did some Chinese googling and the flower's latin name is The Epiphyllum oxypetalum ( night-blooming cereus); guess it is not the dragon fruit but sure looks similar to those in John Mc's photos. Mike all's well in the parcel - mangosteens were yummy and perfect; sorry I had to run off mid conversation - had to plant the living specimens then leave to teach.

Time: 13th March 2012 3:40pm

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Mike says...
Mary T DF are hylocereus and are closely related to epiphyllums with both being climbing night blooming cactus native to central america.There are several other genera loosely called 'cereus'.Maybe all are called moon flowers.
There isn't that much flesh recovery from mangosteens so it is easy to eat lots at once.

Time: 13th March 2012 3:58pm

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snottiegobble says...
Guys, keep the mangosteen pericarp, dry it in the sun, then make it into a powder. it is ideal for tropical sores or any skin eruption. Internally very useful for ALL fevers. SE Asian monks have used it for centuries!
Mary T that flower was bigger than my hand & longer ( say past the wristbone).

Time: 13th March 2012 4:08pm

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