Newsletter: October 2006
October Meeting Date: Saturday, October 28, 2006 Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Edgar and Pat Valdivia’s home at 1091 Carmel Dr. Simi Valley
805 584-6244
Directions: Exit the 1 18 Freeway at First street and go right (south)
about 1 mile to Royal Ave. At Royal make a right and proceed to the
second signal which is Sinaloa. Make a left on Sinaloa and at the
second street which is Capri turn right. Go two blocks to Carmel Dr.
and make a left. Arrive at 1091 Carmel Dr-the house is on the right-
hand side.
The October meeting will be hosted by Edgar & Patricia Valdivia in
Simi Valley on the last Saturday in October . We will be joining the
Los Angeles Chapter which will be providing lunch for the attendees.
Edgar and Pat are some of our most enthusiastic and successful
growers of rare fruits-tropical and subtropical fruit. The Valdivia's
home has many wonderful edible plants including passion fruit, lucuma, cherimoya, Surinam cherries, and much more, but the spotlight will be focused on the exotic, rare fruit called pitahaya.
The pitahaya is a vining subtropical succulent exhibiting long segmented snake-like branches. The Hylocereus undatus cactus produces a large two pound, red baseball size fruit (called the dragon fruit). Dragon fruit springs forth from an enormous sized night-blooming flower that opens its beautiful petals and displays hundreds of delicate stamens for only a single night.
The Selenicerus megalanthus cactus produces a large "yellow pitahaya" fruit that is self-pollinating and grows on a rope-like vine that produces flowers that open by midnight and close up after sunrise. Both cacti plants and a few other selected species are noctural blooming beauties and produce a surprisingly interesting fruit that have singularly unique succulent and tasty fruits. This tender cactus can be grown in most mild climate locations with careful management.
Edgar grows this interesting and valuable fruit commercially. He is eager to share all that he has learned about it.
Come meet your fellow CRFG members of both the L.A. Chapter and Ventura/Santa Barbara Chapters and enjoy lunch as well as the tour. There will be plenty of pithaya to taste.
Place: Edgar and Pat Valdivia’s home at 1091 Carmel Dr. Simi Valley
805 584-6244
Directions: Exit the 1 18 Freeway at First street and go right (south)
about 1 mile to Royal Ave. At Royal make a right and proceed to the
second signal which is Sinaloa. Make a left on Sinaloa and at the
second street which is Capri turn right. Go two blocks to Carmel Dr.
and make a left. Arrive at 1091 Carmel Dr-the house is on the right-
hand side.
The October meeting will be hosted by Edgar & Patricia Valdivia in
Simi Valley on the last Saturday in October . We will be joining the
Los Angeles Chapter which will be providing lunch for the attendees.
Edgar and Pat are some of our most enthusiastic and successful
growers of rare fruits-tropical and subtropical fruit. The Valdivia's
home has many wonderful edible plants including passion fruit, lucuma, cherimoya, Surinam cherries, and much more, but the spotlight will be focused on the exotic, rare fruit called pitahaya.
The pitahaya is a vining subtropical succulent exhibiting long segmented snake-like branches. The Hylocereus undatus cactus produces a large two pound, red baseball size fruit (called the dragon fruit). Dragon fruit springs forth from an enormous sized night-blooming flower that opens its beautiful petals and displays hundreds of delicate stamens for only a single night.
The Selenicerus megalanthus cactus produces a large "yellow pitahaya" fruit that is self-pollinating and grows on a rope-like vine that produces flowers that open by midnight and close up after sunrise. Both cacti plants and a few other selected species are noctural blooming beauties and produce a surprisingly interesting fruit that have singularly unique succulent and tasty fruits. This tender cactus can be grown in most mild climate locations with careful management.
Edgar grows this interesting and valuable fruit commercially. He is eager to share all that he has learned about it.
Come meet your fellow CRFG members of both the L.A. Chapter and Ventura/Santa Barbara Chapters and enjoy lunch as well as the tour. There will be plenty of pithaya to taste.
******AUGUST MEETING: Many thanks to Dick Watts for a in formative tour of his wonderful garden. Dick may be fig expert, but he has many
other exotic fruit. Check out the photos below.
******Treasurer's Report: The treasury balance as of September 25, 2006 is $6,309.00.
posted by CRFG V/SB at 10:32 PM
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