Someone gave me a couple of pieces of dragon fruit plant. It grew and grew. It flowered. We got up in the middle of the night, climbed up on a ladder to hand pollinate it. My husband held a flashlight, while I brushed pollen from one flower to another. Not. One. Fruit.

Now I know a lot more about dragon fruit. There are self-fertile varieties that do not need another plant to pollinate. There are varieties that do not need another plant to pollinate, but do need help spreading the pollen from one flower to another. And then there are those that need another plant to produce a fruit. I think I have the last kind. Oh well. Always learning…

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