Remember my Pitahaya (Dragon fruit)? In just a few years, five stalks, picked up from the field of a friend in San Martín Tilcajete in 2012 and planted in my garden, became a year-round green wall along the chain link fence that separates the terrace of Casita Colibrí from the neighboring property. Its perfumed massive white glow-in-the-dark flowers beckoned bats and bees and the resulting luscious red fruit were garden highlights.
Do you also remember that a taproot grew into the wall and down into the apartment below? Alas, the result, in the fall of 2016, was having to cut down the entire wall of Pitahaya. However, some the stalks were saved and planted along the wall adjacent to the apartment’s garbage can/recycling collection area. Lucky us, last night into early morning, the Pitahaya put on quite a show and put the bees to work!
A win win for all concerned!
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¡Que hermosa!
The Pitahaya is an amazing plant!
Really lovely, so unusual!
The fruit is also delicious!
Thanks Shannon,
It may be fantasy but, in the ugliness of todays world, Oaxaca seems like a fantasy.
Dale
There’s definitely some ugliness here, too. However, there is much beauty to be seen and experienced.
meant “an oasis”