Getting back on topic...

For the most part, I am going for diversity as an experimental paradigm. You guys in Florida have a much greater depth of experience in what does and does not do well in your area. Here in California we have much less experience with the with the diversity of subtropical fruits out there. So part of what I do (and preach) is grow everything possible to see how they might survive here.  It is a funny thing, there are many fruits that "cannot be grown in CA, but when I ask people, including those who have been growing rare fruits for decades, no one has ever tried. So I am trying. In a lot of cases the conventional wisdom is correct, but in other cases it looks like some plants might do ok, if not well.

Richard

Thanks for the tips all.

I don't know how I missed them on Oscars site, I probably check it twice a week to see what is available!

Richard

Self Fertile?

They are supposed to be.  I grafted some on to my mature cherry, so hopefully in a few years I will know if this variety is truly self fertile and low chill.

In the mean time, one of my goals is to grow out a lot of scion wood to get this variety as widely disseminated as possible. So anyone who is interested please let me know.

Richard

Was that the first rain in a while?  It looks like dust that has washed off the leaves and collected in the upturned leaves that are able to trap water. I see this after a rain with my citrus.


Richard

Quote from: Rtreid on February 23, 2015, 12:33:04 PM

Colors are correct, but I have to disagree with ocamponis being a lower tier fruit.  They can be just as good as any undatus or polyrhizus but their main drawback is the nasty spines they can have. 

Interesting that you mention ocamponis as rootstock,  I have never sen it used for the little ornamental cacti they sell here, that is always undatus.  What do they use it as rootstock for?

Richard

Dr. Douhan did some great work on the genetic characterization of the DF cultivars at SCREC but I think he accidentally lumped El Grullo and Valdivia Rosa as H. ocamponis.   If you go back to the original descriptions published in Britton and Rose (or to Bakeberg)  El Grullo does fit the description of ocamponis, but Valdivia Roja is a closer fit to H. purpusii.

Richard

Valdivia Roja and El Grullo are Hylocereus ocamponis from Mexico.  I have tasted both. Some people like the taste and some prefer the taste of other DF.

I think David means H. ocamponis.

David, let me know what you are looking for. I am also very interested in the rarer species plants and might have some that you are interested in.  One caveat is that some of the plants that I have purchased are incorrectly labeled and I am currently trying to ID them.  Most of what I have is correctly ID'd however.

Richard

Matt is a member here. I'm sure you can PM him.  That said, I ordered something from him a year or so back and he was slow to respond to emails. I can't complain though because I can be even slower at times😳

Richard

What an incredible collection! I Don't think I would be able to give them up, but good luck with the move. I'll PM with an interest list.

Richard

NyslX

Thanks for your comments, and that is why I am looking for the plant.  I would like to have the "fruit" to use for salsas and cooking, not to eat as I would a tuna.  I recently had some meals that used it as an ingredient and they were delicious. My local Hispanic markets do not seem to carry it or even know what it is (at least the person working in the produce section had never heard of it).

Null - thanks for the tip on Mesa Gardens.  I have purchased plants from them before, and I'll shoot them an email


Cheers
Richard

Roy, you failed to understand few things regarding this forum. Most forum members live in subtropics, not tropics. Number of seeds you offer may not be suitable for their climate. Also majority of forum members grow trees in just enough space around their house and small backyard. They don't have empty land luxury to experiment with unknown or little known species. They would rather plant already proven stuff like certain mango and avocado varieties. And even many who live in tropics with a lot of land, don't have desire to collect and experiment with new species. So, basically you are left with only few select forum members as your potential clients. Hope this helps you. Take care...

Durian Lover,
I think you are being a bit harsh with Roy here.  I think he understands well the members of the board and is simply attempting to help to spread the diversity of India's edible and medicinal species to the rest of us.  Sure there are not a lot of people on the forum that are interested in trying new plants, but those of us that are welcome what Roy has to offer.  The seeds that I have received from Roy have all been of high quality, well packed/shipped and are growing very nicely in my very sub-tropical location.  At least he is not trying to pitch wholesale quantities of durian seeds to the possibly 3 people on the forum that could actually grow durian  .

A number of us on the forum realize that there is a whole world of edible plants out there, and we greatly appreciate Roy's helping us discover and propagate those species.

Cheers,
Richard
PS I received these seeds from Roy last year, otherwise I would have taken him up on his offer.

I would like one of these!

Richard

I was pretty lucky as well. My temps were 36 at the top of my yard and 34 in the low spots, and the only damage that is apparent so far is to my santol, where some new leaves are fried, and a lychee which was in full flower yesterday but now is not 😢.

The Garcinias, Campomanesias and Myrciarias are all fine so far ( I know it can take a while for frost damage to show) and I have not checked my seedlings yet (I did not want to get too depressed), so one more night and we should be through this cold snap. Let's all keep our fingers crossed.

The odd thing was that it was 35F at 10:00 when we went to bed. I thought that it would go well below freezing, but it actually warmed up during the night.

Happy New Year,
Richard

Adam,

Quite coincidentally, I was looking at my M. strigipes today, and noticed that it too is flowering!  The plants are nowhere near as big as yours, and I doubt they will set fruit, but it is exciting none the less.






Thanks,
Richard