H. ocamponis (Valdivia Roja)

Scientific Name: 
H. ocamponis 

Common Name: 
Valdivia Roja

• Red-fleshed fruit with greenish red skin, excellent quality. 
• Origin: Jalisco State, Mexico  
• Fruit: oblong; small, 250 g; flesh very firm, red; skin greenish, relatively thin, with very few short bracts; quality one of the best among red-fleshed cultivars; 17.9 Brix; 40 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest July to late December or January. 
• Plant: stems thick and fleshy, very heavy, with 3 well defined ridges when young, turning rounder as they mature; mature stems grayish because of waxy coating, tend to crack as they get older; areoles have 1-2 spines, 1-2 mm long; flowers large, attractive, petals white, calyx yellowish, with red shades on the edges, anthers and stigma lobes light yellow; very hardy.
• Tolerance to cold and heat high, so plant looks the same all year; grows well in full sun, but commercial potential limited because of inconsistent fruit set.