3x opuntia

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Arash37
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3x opuntia

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Hello. Could you help me with ID this opuntia?

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anttisepp
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O. erinacea/hystricina
Consolea rubescens
O. scheeri
The second one is more pleasant to touch. First one is probably fastest to bloom.
Large plants, need much space. 2nd and 3rd don't like winter cold. Be careful with sharp spines and abundant glochids.
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anttisepp wrote: Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:23 pm O. erinacea/hystricina
Consolea rubescens
O. scheeri
The second one is more pleasant to touch. First one is probably fastest to bloom.
Large plants, need much space. 2nd and 3rd don't like winter cold. Be careful with sharp spines and abundant glochids.
I agree with the first 2. The last looks more like Opuntia pilifera
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That Consolea grows to tree-like proportions.
Spence :mrgreen:
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Tom in Tucson wrote: Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:27 pm <...> The last looks more like Opuntia pilifera
Agreed, of cause pilifera 👍
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Hello,

I'm curious about this cacti - if these are two varieties or not.

So I'm pretty sure these are :

Opuntia monacantha and maybe also Opuntia cochenillifera also known as Nopalea cochenillifera (with those flower buds) ?
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sorry, couldn't upload the images, so here they are
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Thanks for all your help. I heard opinion that the last one may be Opuntia leucotricha and still not sure about it.
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