Dragon fruits; Pitahaya; Pitaya,Vietnam Ticay price supplier

The Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus spp.), known as Strawberry  pear, thang loy (Vietnamese), pitaya roja (Spanish), and la pitahaya rouge (French), grows on a tropical climbing cacti. There is some confusion as to species being grown as they are all referred to as pitahaya in Spanish. The normally white-fleshed, Hylocereus undatus is grown commercially, as is the red or purple fleshed H. costaricensis (grown in Nicaragua and possibly Guatemala) and H. polyhizus (grown in Israel). The dragon fruit is a large, oblong fruit with a red peel and large green scales. The scales turn yellow upon ripening. Skin color begins to change 25 to 30 days from flowering in both H. undatus and H. polyhizus. At about the same time, flesh firmness approaches a minimum and eating quality approaches a maximum 33 to 37 days after flowering. Fruit can be harvested from 25 to 45 days from flowering. Fruit size depends on seed number. The flesh of different species can vary from white to various hues of red to very dark red. As the fruit matures, acidity reaches a peak just as the skin color change occurs, then declines 25 to 30 days after flowering.