Opuntioids say go!

lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:37 pm

I'm mostly an "other succulents" guy, but as I lose interest in most of the "other" cacti, I get more interested in the opuntioids. They have taken pride of place in my new greenhouse (same as it ever was):

This is the opuntioid annex, more littl'uns:

I'm just a beginner, but I love my little collection!

Cheers,
-R

king_hedes · Post by **king_hedes** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:53 pm

they look nice

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:06 pm

Looking good

lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:13 pm

Bill, you may recognize a few of those...and welcome back!

-R

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:15 pm

Good to be back and yes a few look familiar

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:17 pm

Hey,
some of those look a little familiar to me too!
Looks like you have some O. santa-rita with the longer spines, some O. phaeancantha and it also looks like you have some C. spinisor and C. anacantha(or however its spelled).

Whatever the case they all look nice!
I wish I had some of your specimens they are nice.

Post by **daiv** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:29 am

I like it. Do you have a list of the Opuntias you have?

lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:46 am

I do now! Thx daiv, I needed that little kick up the posterior to update my list....opuntioids seem to change genus on a daily basis, so I had to look them all up!

Here's the ones I have:

Austrocylindropuntia subulata
Consolea spinosissima
Cumulopuntia (Maihuenopsis) boliviana
Cumulopuntia sphaerica
Cylindropuntia arbuscula
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia davisii
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (x 2)
Cylindropuntia munzii
Cylindropuntia molesta
Cylindropuntia ramossissima
Cylindropuntia spinosior
Cylindropuntia whipplei
Grusonia aggeria
Grusonia bulbispina
Grusonia clavata
Maihueniopsis darwinii
Maihueniopsis darwinii hickenii
Maihueniopsis glomerata (x 2)
Maihueniopsis glomerata russellii
Maihueniopsis nigrispina
Opuntia basilaris
Opuntia basilaris (miniature form)
Opuntia chaffeyi
Opuntia cymochila
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia ficus-indica ?? compressa aka O. humifusa
Opuntia fragilis (x 4)
Opuntia fragilis X polyacantha
Opuntia mackensenii
Opuntia macrocentra (O. violacea v. macrocentra)
Opuntia microdasys
Opuntia phaeacantha
Opuntia polyacantha
Opuntia polyacantha arenaria
Opuntia polyacantha "trichophora"
Tephrocactus alexanderi bruchii
Tephrocactus (alexanderi) geometricus
Tephrocactus aoracanthus
Tephrocactus articulatus (x 2)
Tephrocactus articulatus papyracanthus
Tephrocactus molinensis
Tephrocactus weberi

Many of them are babies, but hopefully will be toddlers by the end of the summer

Cheers,
-R

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:15 am

Ah I was close on a couple of them lol

And yeah you have a nice collection

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:51 am

Right on!
Sweet collection, Robert.

Andy_CT · Post by **Andy_CT** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:40 pm

Nice Opuntiad list!

lancer99 wrote: Opuntia ficus-indica ?? compressa aka O. humifusa

These are two totally different species. ficus-indica is a large mild climate plant, humifusa is a smallish ground hugger that grows up the East coast to Cape Cod.

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:32 pm

Andy I missed that on the list.

um yeah those are like complete opposites. When Andy says that the O. ficus-indica gets large he isnt lying. They can be 20 feet tall almost! That is of course if the storms dont knock them over!

Jamie Bear · Post by **Jamie Bear** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:59 am

LITTLE??? collection! you crazy!

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:03 am

That's a long list of a good variety of opuntoids!

lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:35 pm

Andy_CT wrote:Nice Opuntiad list!

lancer99 wrote: Opuntia ficus-indica ?? compressa aka O. humifusa
These are two totally different species. ficus-indica is a large mild climate plant, humifusa is a smallish ground hugger that grows up the East coast to Cape Cod.

I was going from a list, not thinking about the plants, it was late, AND O. compressa is listed as a synonym of O. ficus-indica here on cactiguide....that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!

Bill, all the plants you sent last summer are doing well, with the one exception of O. mackensenii (O. cymochila) that got extremely shrivelled over the winter. But it was already rooted, so I think it's just a matter of time. So thx for those again.

-R
Scratch O. mackensenii from the list, I forgot to delete that after I added the new name O. cymochila. And Consolea spinossissima, which didn't make it over the winter.