Growing dragonfruit cactus from cutting!

Well, its no secret that cuttings grow much faster and readier than growing from seed.

Somewhere on the magical land of the internet I read something awesome. The dragonfruit cactus is called Hylocereus undatus. And, supposedly if you go to the local lawn and garden store you'll find these cute little cacti that are green triangular "stems" and a brightly colored ball shaped cactus on top.

Supposedly the green little stem is the same hylocereus that produces dragonfruit. Its the right shape, and definitely prefers more water than not. I've spoken to several people who have either killed this cactus or given up on it because it grows too slow. Now I will say, firstly I cut off the brightly colored cactus on top and treated both halves like cacti.

The bright red one loved it. The hylocereus not so much.

Well, when I started to treat it like the tropical plant that it was... away she grew. The first new growth popped up on April 10th.

Today is the 29th and its already grown pleasantly fast! I'm so proud of how big it's getting! Those on the sides are my baby peach trees. Hopefully I'll get pictures of them up here soon!