Yellow Dragon
Variety of Pitaya · Hylocereus undatus
Small yellow pitahaya with white flesh - the sweetest dragon fruit of all.
Also known as: Yellow Pitaya, Palora, Ecuador Palora
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5🇨🇴 Colombia
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromaticrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Selenicereus megalanthus
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 200 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Yellow, spiny skin, white flesh with crunchy seeds; extremely sweet (over 20 Brix).
Growth
A different species (Selenicereus megalanthus); slower and more temperature-sensitive than Hylocereus.
Yield
Smaller fruit, longer ripening; high-value export fruit (Ecuador/Colombia).
Notes
Self-fertile; hand-pollination increases fruit set.
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