Hylocereus sp. (Physical Graffiti)

Scientific Name: 
Hylocereus sp. 

Common Name: 
Physical Graffiti

• Vigorous, very productive, pink-fleshed fruit with excellent flavor; most preferred and widely planted in Southern California.
• Origin: Paul Thomson, San Diego County, CA early 1980's. 
• Fruit: oblong; medium, 374 g; flesh hot pink, seeds small, rind bright red, relatively thin, with few bracts; quality excellent, 17.93 Brix, rated highest in sensory evaluation; 40 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest July to December. 
• Plant: very vigorous; stems thick, short, curvy, dark green, with 3 well-defined ridges; canopy management critical to keep this plant productive and to prevent overcrowding; areoles with 1-3 conic spines 1-3 mm long; segment between areoles convex, 46.5 mm long; flowers long and narrow, tubular, petals white, calyx light green, anthers light yellow, stigma lobes lime green. 
• Tolerance to cold and heat good; grows very well in full sun; commercial potential excellent.