Name: Jade Red Dragon Fruit STARTER
SKU: jade-red
Price: 35 USD
Availability: InStock

Smooth texture, seeming to melt in your mouth as it spurts out berry flavors.

This variety is quite new to the dragon fruiting world and was developed in Australia. It is a cross between the red-fleshed S. Polyrhizus, and an unknown epiphyllum. What makes it even more remarkable is that it is one of the few, colored-flower dragon fruit varieties that produces large, great-tasting fruit. The fruit has an incredible smooth texture, seeming to melt in your mouth as it spurts out berry flavors.

Jade Red is a rare dragonfruit variety that originated in Australia. While it was long considered to be an Australian hybrid, recent evidence suggests a different, more intriguing origin.

The plant produces purple flowers similar to those in the Asunta series. This, combined with research into the records of Edgar Valdivia, indicates that Jade Red is likely one of the many seedlings he created and subsequently gifted as seeds to Australian visitors.

We recently harvested the first fruit, and its quality was truly excellent. The flesh is juicy, sweet, and slightly sour, creating an irresistible flavor.

Jade Red has a stunning purple flower that makes it worth your effort even without the fruit. While some sources say Jade Red is self-pollinating, the limited amount of pollen produced by the flower, and the fact that it is a hybrid, make it much safer to cross pollinate. My guess is that without human intervention, a very small percentage of flowers will set, and the fruit will be of low quality.

Another interesting aspect of the flower is that it opens unusually early for dragon fruit – around 5pm – perhaps due to its epiphyllum component.

Jade Red has produced fruit of around 3/4 Pound, with impressively long bracts which make it really pop in the garden. However, it is the size that makes it desirable over most other colored-flower dragon fruit varieties which have very small fruits.

The ripening process is like that of Common Red, although it seems to hold its color much longer without splitting, which makes over-ripeness a slight issue if you are not careful.

Growth on Jade Red Dragon fruit growth is robust & rapid. Its quick to climb up the support structure. This variety is a fast grower, but does not have the thickest of stems. It seems to tolerate the sun and cold reasonably well. If you can get your hands on this variety, do not hesitate to do so. The first buds on Jade Red appeared before the plant was even thirteen months old from the day of planting a cutting. This is incredibly quick when compared to other varieties which can take multiple years before they begin fruiting. However, Jade Red seems slow to reach full production.

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