Dragon Fruit

My little hylocereus undatus a.k.a pitaya has grown a lot.

Meyer lemon

Meyer Lemon Flush

Growing vanilla vine

I purchased vanilla from Wellspring Gardens in April-June. It is slow growing, but it is now trying to climb the avocado tree. I had a piece that broke off. I left it in the soil. It is now growing (notice the little green hook in the bottom foreground of the picture).

Over-wintering citrus

These are more citrus that I brought in for the winter.Meyer lemon from Gurney'sGrafted Clementine Orange from Lowe'sKey lime from Gurney's. I love her whimsical branches.

Tangerine Plants

I brought my citrus in for the winter. I could have waited for another 2-3 weeks, but I was already moving bananas. I figured I may as well move the citrus while I was at it.Gurney's citura tangerine. It has never flowered. Two seedlings that have been growing since around February of 2010. The have never flowered, but they are getting tall.

Dragon fruit seedlings

I planted some purple and white pitaya seeds around September 8. It is a month later, and the little hylocereus are growing well.

Pineapple Flower

I have been so busy with work and attempting to build a greenhouse, that I haven't paid much attention to my plants. The looked a little sad. I trimmed the dead leaves off and watered them. To my surprise, I discovered that one of my pineapples planted in January of 2011 is flowering. I had planned to force it to flower along with its companion this coming December. I guess she has other plans. She should ripen about March or April.

Dragon Fruit

I have developed an interest in dragon fruit (a.k.a pitaya or hylocereus undatus). I purchased the pictured plant at Lowes. It is supposed to be a grafted plant, but the graft fell off. I guess this gave the plant energy enough to grow the seen branches, as the other grafted plants only had one small stem with a brightly colored spherical cactus on top. I don't know if it will give white, pink, red, or yellow fruit. I guess I'll see in a few years. I have some seedling pitaya growing also. It's hard for me to get a good picture of them, but they are about 3 weeks old. I want to experiment a bit with these. I saw a picture of a cactus in a hanging basket, drooping over like a full fern. I want to do the same with one of my pitaya. Additionally, I saw a picture of 2-3 feet tall pitaya with a stem about 3 inches in diameter. These pitaya had fruit growing off the main stem. I wish to try this too. I may trellis one, but I want to avoid this if possible; it might take up to much space.

Pineapples 2010

The pineapples are starting to turn yellow. It won't be long now. Yum!!!

Coffee

Bay Laurel

Cacti