Genus: Hylocereus

Well you certainly gave it your best shot. Better luck next time.

They have a very large flower...you may have to google a flower pic on the internet...they are not flowering now. I believe they bloom at night also.

what sort of flowers do they have?

I'm not sure what variety this is...but the common variety is usually a bright red fruit.

This plant is in the Cactus (Cataceae) family.

Thanks, as always, for the detailed description accompanying each of your super photos. Interesting that this one has such healing properties. :o)

It looks like a type of cactus.

In Darwin dragon fruit is also grown commercially and I bought them at the stall on the side of the road. I tried them but didn't really like them that much, rather bland in taste. But I have never seen them growing and now I see these cactus like leaves, guess they are thick and strong and rough?
The fruit we had was redder in colour, these look more salmon coloured. Perhaps a different species?

I don't believe it!

Up to his neck in it as usual.
Will you be dead-heading any time soon ?

aw poor hugh

Did you find another cactus root stock for him, Taffy? How's he doing?

Mike, I gather they will need support poles all through their growth?

They are coming along great Gammazoo. Yes they are very slow to start but eventually they will take off. You're going to need plenty of room for these eventually.

AAAAAAAAAaawwwwwwwwwwww so tiny :)

LOL!!! Well let's hope that unlike Victor, Hugh does not have "one foot in the grave!" Must think positively..

Horses urine is best for vigorous growth ;-)

Just watch this episode only a few days ago. We enjoy the humour.

great pic taffy, victor meldrew my hero lol

Hugh, I hope you are holding on & on the road to recovery. I have to share this with you & your Mother.

The Cactus Song

There are five cacti on my windowsill
And a bonsai tree, living happily together
In any kind of weather they get along

There are five cacti on my windowsill
And a bonsai tree, living happily together
In any kind of weather they get along

At first I was surprised
To see how they were faring
With all those shapes and sizes
You'd think there'd be some staring
But they didn't seem to mind
That some were much to tall
No condensending looks were cast on those that were still small

There are five cacti on my windowsill
And a bonsai tree, living happily together
In any kind of weather they get along

You won't get these prickly friends of mine
Comparing shades of green
Or having silly arguments
About differences between them
On the whole they're quite accepting
When all is said and done
They’re a group of individuals reaching out towards the sun.

( by The Lads)

I thought it may cheer both of you!

Ohh poor baby! There have been a few workdays that I felt quite like Hugh looks here...

awwwwww poor Hugh, get well soon

What you can do here is take a sharp knife and take a slice off the bottom where it broke off. Let it dry ( heal ) for about 4 to 5 days and then repot it. If it's mushy where it broke then that indicates overwatering. Be very careful not to overwater. The red cactus was grafted onto the green cactus and the green section is a Dragon Fruit Cactus. Grown alone, the green section would eventually grow into a huge cactus.

what a nice gift to give to his students

lol--No, after my high school trig/calculus teacher, Hugh Nichols. He loved cacti and gave us all a bag of cactus seeds when we graduated. Come to think of it, I oughta plant those ...! :)

not named after Hugh Grant i take it lol

awwwwwwwwww poor hugh

Agree with Maple's comment... has Little Man given you any blossoms, yet?

You may dub yourself Clueless, Kev, but you have the soul of a gardener...

Watching the seeds sprout into tiny plants actually gives me butterflies in the stomach sometimes !
It's exciting !

I usually get into growing the 'grocery' stuff when I am oh-so-sick of winter and just dying to get my hands into dirt, lol! Maybe I'll try ginger root next time ...

Will do...thanks Grammazoo. It's amazing what you can buy at the grocery... ginger, persimmons, dragonfruit, pineapple, avocado, seeds in grapefruit and lemons... lots of stuff. I was toying with the idea of trying to germinate a mango seed.

Dragonfruit is fruit of a cactus, in this case Hylocereus undatus. It is also sold as Red Pitaya and tastes somewhat like a kiwi fruit. We have sold them for a long time at the grocers where I work, but until I read MikeC's blog, I didn't realise what sort of plant they came from. Then I tried to grow the seed, hopefully into a cactus plant that will flower and maybe even fruit. The cacstus is, however, huge! so I don't know how sucessful this venture will be, but it will be interesting. Check out Mike's blog for some photos and an interesting read.

Yes, what are dragonfruit, please?

Yes Grammazoo what are dragonfruit please????....chezs

What are dragonfruit?

I love the way you've given all your plants names. I especially liked the 'Guvnah' :o )