Opuntia aurea?

[widea]

Hi,

Can this be a Opuntia aurea?


Regards,

Cor

[A. Dean Stock]

Not O. aurea. That species is spineless or nearly so and has a different pad shape. To know what it is would require knowing where it is from and something about the flower and fruit at a minimum. Looks at first view like an O. fragilis hybrid but that is just a guess.

[widea]

Not O. aurea. That species is spineless or nearly so and has a different pad shape. To know what it is would require knowing where it is from and something about the flower and fruit at a minimum. Looks at first view like an O. fragilis hybrid but that is just a guess.

I'll wait until it has flowers to be sure, thank you!

[vlani]

That is Tunilla.

[Pilif]

That is Tunilla.

My thought as well

[A. Dean Stock]

Mine as well !! I didn't look at the spines except to note that it certainly wasn't O. aurea.

[widea]

Yes it must be Tunilla, thank you!
I noticed the spines have a red hue, T. miniscula does not have that, but T. orurensis has. Can it be the latter?

[vlani]

Tunillas are very hard to ID in culture - they look very different in nature, develop strong spines etc. Possibly they are all single species.

For the culture - use very wide flat pots. It is low crawling species, each cladode needs has to root for proper development and flowering.

[widea]

Tunillas are very hard to ID in culture - they look very different in nature, develop strong spines etc. Possibly they are all single species.
For the culture - use very wide flat pots. It is low crawling species, each cladode needs has to root for proper development and flowering.

Very interesting information, I did not know that. Next spring I will put it in a wider pot, following your advice, thanks.