Well, Pulasan seem less likely to be pollinated on Big Island than Rambutan does.  Other growers I've talked with agree.  Is that not your experience?

When perfectly ripe these fruit are one of my very favorites.  They need to be purple, rather than red, for optimum ripeness though they are not bad when a bit green. Unfortunately, the Pulasan tends to produce many flat fruits devoid of flesh here on the Big Island.  These were harvested during a pruning rampage.

One of the biggest fruits, 10 plus pounds.  D-123 (Maybe)

A wheelbarrow is the way to go when many have fallen.

Hmm, need to figure out the right size to post.

I did this for a couple of my fruit recently and came up with approximately 15% for both.  They're supposedly D-123, though the nurserymen here on the Big Island admit that there was some confusion (attributed to the Australian end, of course) when our durian cultivars originally came from Australia, so not sure what they are.  Excellent fruit, IMO, and very much in demand at farmer's market at $4/lb retail.

I know of producing trees on the Big Island that aren't fertilized at all.  Not mine though.  I give them pelletized chicken manure and organic cal/mag.

Bret bought a raw parcel of land on the island of Hawaii in 1991 and has been returning there twice a year for a few weeks ever since.  Someday, hopefully within  5 years, I will be able to spend much more time there.  My place includes two cabins, one mostly finished and the other unfinished.  A meager solar system provides power and abundant rainfall is collected in catchment tanks.  I've planted a lot of palms and bamboo, but the primary focus is on fruit.  My orchard includes citrus, avocado, abiu, longan, rambutan, pulasan, mamey sapote, Ross sapote, langsat, caimito, soursop, jackfruit, jaboticaba, sapodilla, chocolate sapote, one mangosteen that just started fruiting last year and, best of all, several fruiting durians.  I will be travelling there over the holidays, and have been informed that there are over 150 big durians hanging above, just starting to drop, along with longan, citrus, avocado, pulasan and rambutan.  Can't wait!  Not many good photos right now, will try to get some this trip.  Here's a crappy one. You can see a pulasan straight ahead, and a star apple to the left.

Did you talk to someone at the store?  I would want to ask why a Florida based business is selling a Lychee that has not proven to fruit in Florida.

Quote from: FloridaGreenMan on March 17, 2013, 10:23:52 AM

Adam
My Pedelai (A sericicarpus) is almost 5 feet tall. It's in a 15gal pot and doing great. I know it won't fruit but it's a beautiful tree anyway

Noel,

I wonder how long you could keep it in a pot (smaller than 60 gal)...by pruning the roots, and the canopy...like a giant bonsai tree?

it would be lots of work, but the tree would be amazing! even if it didn't fruit.

The large pots sound like a good idea to pursue.  As mentioned, they get too darn big in Hawaii.  The Grimal tree in Florida looks to be a nice size though.

As of December 2014, after a summer.

Looked much happier when you got it.   Is it just the colder season, or would it appreciate a larger container?  Lots of people grow this fruit from seed in Hawaii, and they all seem to produce good fruit.   But then, I've never tried one of the improved, fiber less varieties.

Yes, it can be quite good.  Go for the wrapped, containerized flesh rather than the whole fruits.