A trial time lapse of growing dragon fruit from raw seed to cactus size over 126 days. Dragon fruit, also called pitaya, is a tropical/high temperature plant and popular in the East. The seed was ...

In this video, I showcase a yellow dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, as part of my annual update on my ongoing dragon fruit projects. Pitaya is the fruit of various cactus species found in southern ...

Dragon fruit is a tasty tropical fruit that grows on a climbing cactus called hylocereus. The plant’s name comes from the Greek word "hyle," which means woody, and the Latin word "cereus," which means ...

Imagine a cactus that grows rapidly in ordinary garden soil and whose luscious fruit sells at the supermarket for $4.99 per pound. Would you want to try to grow that cactus? I recently wrote about ...

Dragon fruit is a tropical fruit that’s low in calories and high in fiber and antioxidants. Some people say it tastes like a cross between a pear and a kiwi. You can slice and eat the fruit as-is, try ...

The flavor is a fixture on drink menus. But competition from abroad has South Florida growers rethinking their commitment to a once-lucrative crop that requires a lot of investment and care.