Kirt, > A pitahaya is the fruit of a cactus,... Yes, and for me it is the prettiest fruit that I know. It has a very nice color, redish, sometimes with tendency into violet. And the stripes that hang from the sides look like the decoration of a chinese kite. The inside is either brilliant wide or violet flesh with many tiny, poppy-like, black seeds distributed within. It tastes and feels like a sweet sorbet without any special flavor. First I didn't find much aroma in it, but now I love it quite often. I even smell it, although the fragrance of the fruits that I know is not very strong. The fruit is about as large as a grapefruit (300-500g) and somewhat oval, with a flat end on one side, like other cactus fruits. > And I was on the toilet an hour later--whoosh ;) I never had this effect :-) -Karl