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Ordered dragonfruit seeds but it doesnt look like dragonfruit cactus..what is it?
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Need to identify plant, is it a dragonfruit plant #348465
Asked July 31, 2016, 10:26 AM EDT
Ordered dragonfruit seeds but it doesnt look like dragonfruit cactus..what is it?
Volusia County Florida
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This is definitely not a dragon fruit plants, pitaya, Hylocereus undatus. The dragon fruit plant is more cactus-like with fleshy stems. The plant is easily started from stem cutting if you know someone that has one. The stem is placed into potting soil and roots very quickly.
I have attached a picture.
The one in the picture has been trained to grow one stem on a support. When apical stem is tall enough, usually to the top of the support, cut the stem to encourage branching.