White Pitahaya Dragon Fruit

The White Pitaya, also known as Dragon Fruit, is one of the most beautiful and tasty fruits in the world, 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.

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

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

The photo of the newly born White Pitaya is by my friend Luca Giacomuzzi.

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 one, the Purple Pitaya and the Yellow Pitaya, the one on this page is the best known, namely White Pitaya.

A sachet contains 50 Seeds that will ensure you a great success.

White Pitaya Dragon Fruit - Hylocereus Undatus