~FRANKIES RED~
Selenicereus megalanthus
Native of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
~Orange Dwarf DRAGON FRUIT~
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The fruit is red inside and orange skinned. This variety is the only orange dragonfruit known from the genus Selenicereus.
It differs from the Hylocereus in color, harvesting time, and this fruit has thorns that occur on the fruit itself.
The fruit are small to medium usually weighing 0.5-0.75 lbs.
The fruit ripen from late November to February, and it is certainly among the sweetest and tastiest of all the dragon fruit.
This variety is self pollinating, and it will set fruit on its own.
Knobbed, orange cactus fruit sharing some similarities with the Dragon Fruit (pitaya).
Taste is said to be superior to most cactus fruits.
The fruits are smaller than the common dragon fruit, and contain prominent spikes until ripening time, upon which the spikes drop off.