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Dragon Fruit Farm - Sungei Pelek Dragon fruit, also known as pitaya or strawberry pear, is a tropical fruit known for its vibrant red skin and sweet, seed-speckled pulp. All Dragon fruits - White dragon fruit or Yellow Dragon fruit is native to the northern region of South America, which is the country of Colombia and Ecuador. The red Dragon fruit, we are seeing is a variation of the white Dragon fruits The fruits are still cultivated there, with Colombia being the largest producer, and are exported all over the world. Dragon fruit is cultivated in Peru, Mexico and South Asia., Official name of this fruit is now Selenicereus undatus while pitahaya or dragon fruit is the common name of the fruit of the genus Selenicereus. It was formerly slotted under Hylocereus, both in the family Cactaceae. We visited the Multi-Rich Pitaya Dragon Fruit Farm, which is more authentic and amidst the whole fields of plants. At the time of our visit, it was the lean session with very limited production. We spent more time in the farm looking looking at other plants The better patronized would be the HL Restaurant & Cafe is a Dragon Fruit Theme Restaurant. Here some sekking points "One of the most welcome dishes is definitely our Signature Dragon Fruit Jumbo Curry Bun. Besides, our chef has also created some dishes using Dragon Fruit as an ingredient where we wish to deliver a memorable dining experience for our customers. Customers will able to experience making Dragon Fruit Jumbo Curry Bun at our restaurant. Lokal Juice Co. is a juice brand which is founded by the local youngsters driven by a deep passion for local sustainability, community advocacy and health & wellness." 1. Across this signage - is Negri Sembilan Where were we? We wandered around this vicinity.
2. Junction - coming from the KLIA Airport Coming from Salak Tinggi- This big signboard -with strange names that sounded so distant
3. HL Dragon Fruit Eco-Centre Well publicized on the internet This destination is just along the coastal Main Highway 5
4. Multi-Rich farm is nearer to Sepang Town The right turn from the Main Highway 5 and into Dragon Fruit growing farms area
5. Sepang - The "Dragon Fruit" country Malaysia 1st Dragon fruit tourist farm is HL Dragon Fruit Eco Farm in Sepang, The showroon itself is along Highway 5. For general knowledge the combined area of Sepang & Sg Pelek, the association for the Dragon fruit planters boast of a total acreage of 404.8 ha with a monthly harvest of 1,000 tons monthly The farmers had worked together for 7 years to develop and promote this industry. The association was formed as early as 2007 but only finally got it registered in 2019.
6. Signage -This way Multi-Rich Pitaya farm After a couple of turns in this land of square grid farmland - finally we reached our destination
7. Multi-Rich Pitaya Farm This signboard confirmed that we found the place.
8. The Reception area and farm side by side Very unassuming farm house without a stylish show room.
9. The Farm owner loves for pets This one? A Pig-tailed monkey
10. Walk around the reception area No - not cages but sun screen.
11. In the flight path for Sepang Airport The farm area was right underneath the regular flights coming for landing
12. Dragon Fruits out of season - Nothing to see! We just hang around and take pictures
13. Recognizing the Flowers: Flower tips of the red variety are redder than those on the white variety. At times, the white variety has white or yellow flower tips. Flowers are fragrant of both varieties. Due to high sweetness, many people prefer red fruit.
14. White or Red flesh Dragon fruits? The flesh of dragon fruit can vary from white (with pink or yellow skin) to hot pink or deep red with tiny black seeds. Flavor is associated with the color of the flesh: whitish dragon fruit often has a mild taste while darker, redder flesh can be sweeter and juicier. Red dragon fruit and sometimes pink and purple fruit have curvy scales or ears, which are tiny triangles on the fruit body. Their color is green and they are thicker. Also, red fruit has narrower, darker, and more scales than white fruit.
15. Plants with immature fruits The plants were quite productive seeing the good number of fruits hanging on to each cluster of plants
16. View of the Farm and trees If sweetness is the main criteria - then in the world of Dragon fruits there is Dragon S8 is a super sweet variety. However, there is an exception here: Ecuador Palora is a white variety and it is found to be the sweetest variety in dragon fruit. The BRIX sugar score of this variety is 23. The other varieties stand at 15.
17. Fruits not in season? We got our samples Yes, the farm do collect a small number of fruits daily even during the off season period
18. More pictures of Walk About
19. And eating!
20. Checking out other plants Since it was a farm, the owber and workers of course have their own fancies within the compound.
21. Still eating ah!
22. We had time to get acquainted with the staff She harvested a Pandan plant for mummy to take home.
23. Finally a scene where she explained the business. Demonstrating and fruit tasting
24. Time for a group photo Souvenir of our visit
Though we had got so much less than what we expected, but we got to see what was needed. Yeah It was a long drive to the border of Selangor State. It is not something we do when we were free. Rather this was the "Once in a blue moon" sort of outing trip. Even though it is still within the Selangor State but I can assure you that the drive is worth it. We got to see places that we heard or read about but never being there in person before. Good trip
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