New Fruit Report! Cereus spp.

[elouicious]

Hey All,

Recently while biking around I found a very mature Cereus spp. that was holding some fruit on it on public land- Any help IDing would be nice





Fruit looks orange red- leading me to believe it could be validus? I also think peruvianus has larger fruits that are more red















Overall a pretty underwhelming fruit but heres the breakdown-

Flavor - surprisingly floral and just a bit sweet, I ended up eating quite a bit of it

Pros - Fruits and flowers in December, need little care/irrigation, Pretty imho
Cons- Mucilaginous, inferior to dragonfruit in terms of flavor which is already borderline in my book, can get quite large

[Oolie]

Nice Peruviana. Really good depending on the cultivar. If you found them insipid, try them earlier/ more blue.

[elouicious]

so you think it is peruviana?

I collected some bluer fruit in addition to the overly ripe one-

I read that they split when fully ripe so decided to try that one first

[Oolie]

I believe so, I have always known them as such. The cultivar looks similar to the one I grew up with, I am fond of them.

I've seen more productive selections, and have heard they are good, but I'd play with the timing on the one you have before grafting/replacing.

They do split, especially if it rains around ripening time.

[elouicious]

Cheers Oolie!

you da boss