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Back with some more cuttings but limited. will have eBay list has been updated. Thanks again

It's the buyer, not you, who is responsible for getting the seeds here legally.  If they (or a friend) have a USDA permit, they can email it to you, along with a COLOR copy of the USDA shipping label that they get with their permit.  You enclose a copy of the permit with the seeds, along with a note stating the botanical name, who collected it and from what country, slap the label on, and away it goes.  It is very easy, and depending on which port it goes through, it doesn't slow the process down too much.  I get seeds from Africa all the time that way.  I also mail myself seeds all the time when I travel.  An addicting hobby.

Cheers,
Carolyn

I agree and takes from a week to 30 days for USDA permit

Update is there will be more cuttings pending USPS to open

Shipped out DF and will send out tracking numbers today

Quote from: spaugh on August 22, 2019, 03:12:22 PM

Quote from: Suemc on August 22, 2019, 02:55:56 PM

I apologize if it’s not OK to ask but does anyone know if Matt’s landscaping is closed? I spoke with him on 7/27/19 and placed a small order which he said he’d fill the next weekend. That was the last I heard about the order. I’ve called a few times but the recording says the mailbox is full. I haven’t been charged so am not out anything. It seems like I need to give up on my order and look elsewhere.
Just curious about my experience though.
Thanks.

He was moving to a bigger property and going bigger retail and trying to get away from doing small oders.  Hes busy with bigger stuff I guess.  He was selling a lot of landscaping cactus to retailers.  Not a good excuse to treat your customers that way.   It is what it is.

Thanks for the info. No big deal. He did talk a little about how busy he is. As long as I’m not fighting for a refund I’m good. Who knows, he may fill the order eventually.

Also that is his 2nd job also for dragon fruit

Does anyone know if Haley’s Comet is self fertile? Thanks in advance.

No, needs to be crossed pollinated with another variety https://www.facebook.com/groups/373619656486562/permalink/615056992342826/

here is how it is coming out







 Name of Variety   #   Picture of Plant   Self Fertile or Need to be Crossed Pollinated Verified by the bag test   Color(Skin/Flesh)   Picture of Fruit   Avg Weight of Fruit   Picture of Flower   Heat Tolerance From S FL   Cold Tolerance From S FL   "Growth Speed of Plant (1-5)1=Slow,5=Fast"   Day's To Flower/Harvest   Parent Plant   Species   brix nr   Comment
                                             
Veitnamese White         Self Fertile                                    
Giant Vietnamese         Cross Pollinate                                    
Delight         Pending                                    
Physical Graffeti         Pending                                    
Yellow 68         Pending                                    
Pepino Deluce         Pending                              HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS HYBRID      
Vivid Purprea         Pending                                    
Pasiley         Pending                                    
Armando         Cross Pollinate                                    
Maui         Pending                                    
9S         Pending                                    
Santa Barbara Red         Pending                                    
Hana         Pending                                    
Rixford         Pending                                    
Thomson Guatemalan G2         Pending                                    
Bien Hoa Red         Pending                                    
Purple Haze         Cross Pollinate                                    
K1         Pending                                    
White Sapphire         Pending               5   5   5               
Natural Mystic         Cross Pollinate                                    
Vietnamese Jana         Pending                                    
Niezel         Pending                                    
Hybrid Personal Hybrid   1      Self Pollinating   REDPINK/WHITE      8.98 OZ      5   5   5      UNK      18.80%   
Hawaiian Orange         Pending                                    
Hylocerus Polyrhizus         Pending                                    
Ocamponis   11      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Zamarano   2a      Self Pollinating   RED/RED      15.43oz      4   4   3            11%   This is a Variety that is dark maroon color that is often called black dragon fruit due to being a dark color. This has a flavor of a beet. It is very juicy side as well. This was Acquired in Florida
San Ignacio   3      Self Pollination/not great at being self fertile 2/4 died   RED/RED            4   5   4               This was Acquired in California
Kathie Van Arum   4      Cross Pollinate               4   5   2      Hylocereus stenopterus X Hylocereus undatus    Hylocereus Hybrid      This was Acquired in Louisiana
Tricia   5      Cross Pollinate               5   5   1               Named After Edgars youngest Daughter. This was Acquired in California
Yellow Hylocereus Sp   6      Pending               5   3   1         Hylocereus sp      This was Acquired in Florida
VooDoo Child   7      Self Pollinating               5   4   3         HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS HYBRID      This was Acquired in California
Connie Mayer         Cross Pollinate         9.61 OZ                  Hylocereus stenopterus X Hylocereus undatus    Hylocereus Hybrid   15.50%   
Texas Holdem   9      Cross Pollinate               5      2               This was Acquired in California
Peruvian White   18      Pending   RED/WHITE      11.92 OZ                        15.50%   This was Acquired in California
Phoenix Red   17      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Valdivia Roja   16      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Selenicereus Megalanthus   15      Pending   Yellow / White                  1         Selenicereus Megalanthus      This was Acquired in Florida
Asunta 1   14      Cross Pollinate               5      5               Named After Edgars Mother Verified by his Wife Patricia. Acquired in California
Ax   13      Cross Pollinate                                    "Gray Martin who is a commercial grower, got some seeds from Edgar which was AsuntaXunknown so he labeled it AX, which he gave to a friend who in return put this plant on the market without his knowledge. Here is his Statement: Briefly as it is time to go... Our dear community friend Edgar Valdivia was getting a photo session with Paul Thomson here at my house... He later used it for the cover of Paul's book. Edgar did a lot of the work to get that book published. Leo was also here. Edgar in his fashion brought fruit samples and two one-gallon pots with three 'Asunta' seedlings in them. He did not know the pollen source. I grew them out... Years later one bloomed purple. The fruit was beautiful! One fruit. I scheduled a trip to Simi Valley to visit Edgar and cut the fruit. I took other samples.. We cut it so carefully... White flesh and taste-less! The next year the other two flowered.. I ignored them as I was busy with my own selections... Late in the year, very late I saw this green fruit laying limp, slightly over matured…. I cut it off and grouped with my others with a pen scribble... At the end of the season I was cleaning up the refrigerator full of fruit and there was the green fruit. I cut it as if to say ""OK, show me what you've got!""--not expecting anything of value and there was the most vibrant magenta hue! Shocked I tasted it and it again shocked my senses.... I grew out several more, but lost the mother to gophers...Now I have a dozen or so... I gave a few to my friend... The variety is not self fertile. It takes 60+ days to maturity and matures almost green! But, it is one of the favorites here. My son partially freezes them for the best summer fruit snack ever!  so to have others propagate your work with no mention is hurtful...I explained how I grew Edgar's seedlings and that I was keeping Edgar apprised... This Asunta cross of Edgar's was technically not from my breeding work and so I had intended to distribute it but on my terms... In those days there were no Facebook groups... there was a yahoo blog and maybe I discussed it there... This is why I let my friend grow it. I gave it a name when giving it away as I said I labeled it 'Ax?' (Asunta crossed with unknown) so I call it Ax (pronounced Axe) FYI                    This was Acquired in California"
Florida Sunset   12      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Blank                                             
American Beauty   10      Self Fertile               5      5      Hylocereus guatemalensis X H. UNDATUS HYBRID   HYLOCEREUS HYBRID      This was Acquired in California
Halley's Comet   19      Cross Pollinate      19               "5, Was Able to get it  to Flower and Fruit within a year"      H. undatus X H. guatemalensis   Hylocereus sp      "Halley's Comet is a hybrid of a white fleshed and red fleshed fruit. It is incredibly large, typically weighing 1.5-2.0 lbs. The fruit is slightly more rounded than the Physical Graffiti, and the fins are more abbreviated. In all other respects they are nearly identical. This Plant was Acquired in Florida"
Lisa   20      Pending                                    This was Acquired in Florida
Nicaraguan Red   21      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Hawaiian Purple   22      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Asunta 2   23      Cross Pollinate               4      1               This was Acquired in California
"Spineless yellow ""Desert king"""   24      Pending               5      4               "Here's the one-and-only Desert King (this fruit appears to have been left on the vine until it reached full color).
I highly doubt the folks at Eden Fruit have another variety they refer to as: Spineless Yellow Desert King. Who started describing Desert King this way?  This was Acquired in California"
Seoul Kitchen   25      Pending         2.95 OZ                     Hylocereus Hybrid    14.60%   This was Acquired in California
Hawaiian Red   26      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Dark Star         Pending               5      5               
Mexicana         Pending                                    
Pink Panther         Pending                                    
Lake Atitlan Red         Pending                                    
Hawaiian Pink   33      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Asunta 3   32      Cross Pollinate                                    This was Acquired in California
Maria Rosa   31      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Country Road   30      Pending         7.97 OZ                     Hylocereus costaricensis   19%   This has a very strong taste of Coconut. Very well flavored. This was Acquired in California
Red Jiana   29      Cross Pollinate                              HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS HYBRID      This was Acquired in California
Frankie's Red   28      Cross Pollinate                                    This was Acquired in California
Orejona   37      Pending                                    This was Acquired in California
Condor   38      Cross Pollinate                              Hylocereus Hybrid      This was Acquired in California
S8/ Sugar Dragon   39      Self Pollinating                                    This was Acquired in California
Bruni         Cross Pollinate   Green/White            5   5   5      Hylocereus stenopterus X Hylocereus undatus    Hylocereus Hybrid   17.20%   
Asunta 4   41      Cross Pollinate                                    This was Acquired in California
Mr. Woo   43      Self Pollinating         11.96 OZ                        14%   This was Acquired in California
El Grullo   42      Cross Pollinate                                    This was Acquired in California
TLM Asunta 5         Pending                                    
Black Dragon fruit         Pending                                    
Desert King         Pending                                    
Godzilla         Pending                                    
ISIS Gold         Pending                                    
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             

Can't you just post the List so we do not have to Join Facebook Group?

The problem it is an excel worksheet so dont know how to upload to here

Shipments sent out today

Shipped out orders and will be adding more varieties soon

Ebay Link updated with current available varieties

Bruni keeps on flowering