Hylocereus sp. (Halley's Comet)

Scientific Name: 
Hylocereus sp.

Common Name: 
Halley's Comet

• Pink-fleshed fruit with excellent flavor, closely related to Physical Graffiti, but not as vigorous or productive.
• Origin: Paul Thomson, San Diego, CA early 1980's. 
• Fruit: round; large, 482 g; flesh hot pink, seeds small; rind bright red, relatively thin, with an intermediate number of bracts; quality very good; 16.7 Brix; rated high in sensory evaluations; 38 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest July through December. 
• Plant: stems intermediate in thickness, with 3 well defined ridges; stems relatively straight when mature, dark green; areoles have 1-3 spines, 2-4 mm long; segment between areoles convex, 53.6 mm long; flowers intermediate, petals white, calyx yellowish green, anthers and stigma lobes yellow.
• Tolerance to cold and heat good; grows well in full sun; commercial potential good.