Daily Halacha - What Defines a Single Species for the Shehecheyanu Blessing?

If someone ate a little of the fruit and only afterward remembered that they didn't recite Shehecheyanu, may they still recite it?

If someone ate from the fruit and afterward remembered they didn't recite the blessing, they are not permitted to recite Shehecheyanu because the blessing was instituted for seeing the fruit, and they neither blessed upon seeing it nor upon the first eating. Therefore, they should not recite the blessing. However, as long as they are still engaged in the first eating, such as if a bunch of grapes was brought before them and they ate one or two, they may still recite the blessing (Chazon Ovadia pg. 438).

What defines a single species regarding the Shehecheyanu blessing?

Black and white figs or red and green grapes are considered the same species, and if one recited a blessing on one type, they cannot recite it on the other. The general rule is that whenever there is a difference in name, appearance, and taste, one should recite a blessing on each distinct species (Chazon Ovadia pg. 446-447).

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