Australian ultra dwarf ambarella flowering

[ofdsurfer]

Thanks Mike T and Tomas!  One of the plants that was grown from the seeds that you sent me in mid July is almost two feet tall and already flowering.  Does this plant need cross pollination?  Thanks again, I hope it sets some fruit.

[Tomas]

What the heck! Mine has no flowers yet. I am very happy for you. I guess that's why they call it dwarf ambarella. :-)  I don't think cross pollination is needed because I had a single regular ambarella some years ago and it fruited fine.

Tomas

[luc]

I have flowers , ripe and unripe fruit almost year round . I wait till the fruit drops by itself , that's when I like it best .

[ofdsurfer]

Only one plant out four is flowering so far but its a good start.

[Mike T]

ofdsurfer you will find the trees more branched than the standard dwarf and fruiting is a bit more continuous.The fruit will be of good quality.I had one seedling flowering at less than a foot and only a few months old.

[ofdsurfer]

Mike,
Did you let it hold fruit when it's that small?  I was thinking of taking the fruit off so that the plant grows a little more first.  I don't want to stunt the plant by letting it fruit to soon. Thanks

[Mike T]

ofdsurfer I know some people remove fruit and flowers from young trees so growth is not inhibited.These are so vigorous that it doesn't seem to make much difference and I certainly did not remove fruit or flowers off the young UD ambarella.

[ofdsurfer]

Ok thanks again

[FlyingFoxFruits]

I have a pair of UD ambarella, they are slow growing, only about 7 inches tall now...after being planted for  over 3 months.   

the leaves taste really good! 

I think this variety is going to be better than the one we already have in FL, the "Ana" ambarella.

[ofdsurfer]

It looks like its setting a couple of fruit.  Hopefully it will hold them.

[red durian]

I saw this baby for the first time in Dominica.  With 4000mm of rain per year it produced fruits again and again throughout the year.  Tree was alone on a farm in the jungle, atleast 2km from any other tree.  My neighbor followed practices he had learned in Jamaica for this tree, cutting the top off of it at about 8' whenever it did not have fruits.  He also liked to make a drink from the unripe fruit blended with a little salt, sugar and water.

[fruitlovers]

I saw this baby for the first time in Dominica.  With 4000mm of rain per year it produced fruits again and again throughout the year.  Tree was alone on a farm in the jungle, atleast 2km from any other tree.  My neighbor followed practices he had learned in Jamaica for this tree, cutting the top off of it at about 8' whenever it did not have fruits.  He also liked to make a drink from the unripe fruit blended with a little salt, sugar and water.

If it was over 8 feet tall it probably was not the dwarf type of ambarella. Should be noted there are at least 3 differentt ypes of ambarella: dwarf, ultra dwarf, and regular sized trees. Probably the first 2 are same species. Probably regular sized trees are really a different species.
I'm keen to see what the ultra dwarf tree looks like because what we are calling dwarf already looks ultra dwarf to me, as the tree never seems to get over 6 feet tall.

[kh0110]

During a trip to Cambodia some time in 2002, I've tasted a seedless ambarella from Thailand. The taste was a bit bland compared to a normal ambarella. The tree was about 8 ft tall.

[cootkaty]

Mike T, are you still there? I really really really would love to have a dwarf ambarella. Where did you get yours?

[BMc]

Cootkaty, if Mike doesn't contact you, I can pass on some seed in a few months. Last batch ripened about a month back. I always have 2-3 crops on the tiny stick at any one time. Often no leaves though...

[Mike T]

katy ask me again in a couple of months when fruit are ripening. My original seed came from a shifty character who darted between the shadows going 'psst,psst'.He got his original from an undisclosed Asian source.

[jez251]

...My original seed came from a shifty character who darted between the shadows going 'psst,psst'...

Now that's a funny line... Hahaha

[cootkaty]

Many thanks BMc and Mike T - I will ask again in the springtime. Can't wait