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H. polyrhizus (Orejona)

Scientific Name: 
H. polyrhizus

Common Name: 
Orejona

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Plant Description
  • Red-fleshed fruit with average flavor and size, and numerous bracts. 
  • Origin: Nicaragua 
  • Fruit: oblong; medium large, 438 g; flesh red; skin thick, red; quality acceptable, 15.78 Brix; 45 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest late June to late December. 
  • Plant: stems thin, relatively short, grayish green; areoles have 6-8 spines in a random pattern, 3-8 mm long; segment between areoles straight to slightly concave, which exposes the spines and makes this cultivar look very spiny; flowers large, petals white, calyx yellow, with shades of red on the edges, anthers and stigma lobes yellow, stigma lobes are lighter than anthers. 
  • Tolerance to cold and heat average; grows well in full sun; commercial potential low because of spines.