H. polyrhizus (San Ignacio)

Scientific Name: 
H. polyrhizus

Common Name: 
San Ignacio

• Large, red-fleshed fruit with red skin and average flavor. 
• Origin: Nicaragua 
• Fruit: oval; large, 552 g; skin thick and red; flesh red; quality acceptable; 15.6 Brix; 48 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest late June to late December or January. 
• Plant: stems thick, intermediate in length, dark green; areoles have 6-7 spines arranged randomly, 2-6 mm long, 4 of them consistently larger then the rest. Flowers large, petals, white, calyx yellow, with shades of red on edges, anthers bright yellow, stigma lime green. 
• Tolerance to cold and heat slightly better than average; grows well in full sun; commercial potential good.