Pitaya Purple Dragon Fruit

The Purple Pitahaya, also called Red Pitahaya or Dragon Fruit, is one of the most beautiful and tasty fruits in the world, with bright purple flesh, still little known in the West, if you are lucky enough to find it in your hands it will bewitch you. The Pitaya plant itself is magical: it is a shrub belonging to the Cactus family, with large and beautiful white flowers. After the flowers open for just one night, they will lose the petals and begin the natural process that will lead to the fruit in a month. This will happen after 2 or 3 years from the time of sowing as the growth is slow, so it will take a lot of patience.

If you want a White Pitaya Cutting you can find it here: White Pitaya Cutting by SemiStrani.it

Pitaya in bloom Video: White Pitahaya in Bloom, the night that made the first Flower after 4 years of waiting by SemiStrani.it

Here is the Video of the Pitaya Plant of Semi Strani by Carlo Martini.

See the Guide to Cultivation of the Pitaya, the Fruit of the Dragon.

Many have tried to describe the flavor of this magical fruit, some say it mixes Kiwi, those with Strawberry, those with Pear, those with Passion Fruit, I would say that each of the 3 varieties has a different and very different flavor subjective and that simply does not add up to anything I had eaten before, for sure there is a fruit rich in nutrients: mineral salts, free radicals, antioxidants, with very few calories and which helps to eliminate excess fat.

There are 3 variants: the White Pitaya, the Purple Pitahaya and the Yellow Pitahaya, the one on sale on this page is the Purple Pitaya.

A sachet contains 20 Seeds that will ensure you a great success.

Purple Pitaya Fruit of the Dragon - Hylocereus Costaricensis