#hylocereus — Public Fediverse posts

Back in our #dragonfruit garden

#Hylocereus #Selenicereus #cactus
#succulents

#kenya #mombasa #shanzu

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@Laplantgenetics

This central core can support growth of the plant completely - see here an example: at the bottom of the plant, it s the sheer rod remaining, with all surrounding leaf flesh gone - yet the plant climbs meters high into a tree.

#DragonFruit #Hylocereus #Selenicereus #Kenya #Mombasa

the stairs

dead limb of #Hylocereus trigonus var guatamalensis, concrete

#botany #botanicalGardens #copenhagen #plantscience #succulents #cacti #frugalAbundance #quietSunday
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#Dragonfruit #Cactus
#Hylocereus #Selenicereus
#Aerial #Roots

#Botany #plantscience #Kenya #Mombasa @plants

#Dragonfruit #cactus - #aerial roots

#hylocereus #selenicereus
#botany #plantscience
#Kenya #Mombasa
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1 year old, 5 meters up the tree

harvesting cuttings

#Dragonfruit #cactus
#Mombasa #Kenya
#botany #plantscience #hylocereus #selenicereus
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@mk30

This one at botanical gardens Berlin also isn't quite free to climb up further ...

#Hylocereus #Selenicereus #botanicalGardens #Cacti

#DragonFruit
#Selenicereus (formerly #Hylocereus) undatus
in hostile environment (kitchen window in cold #copenhagen #denmark )
its aerial roots looking for a home

#botany #plantscience #cacti #succulents
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Colours of Dragon Fruit

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#botany #plantscience
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#dragonfruit babies

grown from #fruit #seeds in #copenhagen

#selenicereus #Hylocereus
#cacti #botany #plantscience

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Fresh #Dragonfruit,
the red/purple variety
#Selenicereus (formerly #Hylocereus) undatus

These, visibly past due date, sold in #Copenhagen for two Euro the piece

#cacti #cactus
#food for #arid zones
#succulents
#botany #plantscience
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#Cactus and #Tree

#Selenicereus (formerly #Hylocereus) undatus,
the Dragon Fruit Cactus
climbing up an #Araucaria tree,
attached to the tree's bark with the help of aerial roots.

In the garden of the Alliance Francaise house in #Nyali near #Mombasa, #Kenya.

#succulents #cacti #trees #botany #plantscience

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#Hylocereus (#Selenicereus) undatus, #Dragonfruit

has huge potential in #Kenya as it can grow in many climates from tropical #humid to extremely #arid - and produce highly nutritious fruit.

Pictured, a young cutting growing near #Mombasa

@gbif : https://www.gbif.org/species/10334868

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Seeds from one #DragonFruit - the fruit of #Hylocereus undatus aka #Selenicereus undatus.

Some cleaning, and they are ready to be sown, to give more delicious fruit in 3-4 years.

Dragon fruit are a super food that can be grown in climates from tropical/humid to very arid.

#Cacti #Cactus #Succulents #botany #plants #plantscience
#agriculture #kenya

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https://www.gbif.org/species/10334868