General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 12
Plant Height: Scrambling or climbing to 25 feet or more
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Thorny, ovoid, yellow; containing numerous tiny, black seeds, Thorns brush off when fruit is ripe.
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Nocturnal
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Over 12"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: Allow cut ends to dry and callous over for 5 to 7 days. Once cut end has healed, pot into a well draining medium.
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Yellow Pitaya
  • Yellow Dragon Fruit
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Selenicereus megalanthus
  • Synonym: Hylocereus megalanthus

Photo Gallery
Location: Western Australia
Date: 20th September 2018
Fruit not as sweet as hoped.
Location: Western Australia
Date: 28/05/2018
Developing flower buds, H. undatus fruit at right.
Location: Western Australia
Date: 19/06/2018 WST
Flower fully open
Location: Western Australia
Date: 28/05/2018
Immature fruit
Uploaded by bree
Location: Western Australia
Date: 30th September 2018
Location: Western Australia
Date: 19/06/2018 WST
Flower bud "Balooning" during opening stage
Uploaded by bree

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