Amazing Epiphytes

The hylocereus cacti are amazing.  My Wellspring dragon fruit has grown about 1.5 inches in a week.  It spontaneously grew two air roots after I began to wonder why my pitayas were not producing air roots as plentiful as scientists indicate.  The side that produced the roots is adjunct to a wooden post.  I got so excited that I positioned my other plants to lean against the posts, hoping they will quickly sprout roots to speed up the growth rate.

I began to despair about my new cuttings,  hoping they would not require 3 to 4 months to establish roots and begin growing.  Today I noticed a light green nodule has cracked through the scar crust at the tip of thr Physical Graffiti.  I can't believe the cutting is showing signs of growth only ten days after I received it.  I hope the Delight gets on the bandwagon soon.

Dragon fruit trellis

I made a trellis from scrap wood.  I am so excited about the new cuttings and the possibility of home grown pitaya fruits.  I decided to place the Wellspring hylocereus as well as a polyrhisus seedling in the pot.  Perhaps I will get to taste the fruit in a year or two.

Dragon fruit

I just received cuttings from River's End Nursery in Texas.  They are huge. Yeah!

Dragon Fruit

Wow!

Dragon fruit

I just received cuttings from River's End Nursery in Texas.  They are huge. Yeah!

Pineapples

They're pretty.

Wellspring Dragon Fruit

The plant shows signs of impending branches in two locations.  It's kind of hard to tell from the photo.

Meyer Lemon Cutting

I pruned a branch from the lemon tree because it was crossing over another more vigorous branch.  I've tried rooting other cuttings with minimal success.  I decided to peel back the bark to expose the cambium layer, dipped the plant in rooting hormone, wrapped the stem in moist moss, wrapped the moss in plastic, and cut the leaves to discourage transpiration.  We'll see if this helps the plant develop a decent root system.

Seedling Dragon Fruit

This is the tallest of the seedlings.  Its height is just under 2 inches tall.  The plants out in the greenhouse are wider because they are getting more sun.  The thinner, lanky plants are stretchhing towards the sun.

Pineapple Infloresence

The pineapple is getting bigger.  She will probably ready for harvest by April or May.  Hopefully I can put her out in the sun for that last month so as to improve the sugar content.

I don't see any sign of flowering from the other two pineapples that I attempted to force flower. Perhaps I'll see evidence in another couple of weeks.

Meyer Lemon

The Meyer lemon plant is going to flower again.  She seems to like spending her winter in the greenhouse much better than in th house.  When I first put her out into the greenhouse, she looked tired and had yellowing leaves.  I attribute the yellow to a reduction of energy stores due to lack of sunlight and the depletion of energy by forming fruits.

I have discovered that my citrus fare far better in the greenhouse than the main house.  All I need is to keep the greenhouse from freezing, preferably no less than 40F degrees.

Seedling Tangerine Ready to Bloom???

I hope that the smaller-sized seedling tangerine may be ready to bloom.  Some branches have clusters of multi-sectioned buds.  The Meyer lemon has similar-looking buds before she flowers.