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3x opuntia
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:42 pm
by Arash37
Hello. Could you help me with ID this opuntia?
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Re: 3x opuntia
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:23 pm
by anttisepp
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.
Re: 3x opuntia
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:27 pm
by Tom in Tucson
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
Re: 3x opuntia
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:30 am
by greenknight
That Consolea grows to tree-like proportions.
Re: 3x opuntia
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:49 am
by anttisepp
Tom in Tucson wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:27 pm <...> The last looks more like
Opuntia pilifera
Agreed, of cause pilifera
Re: 3x opuntia
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:35 pm
by senjochka
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) ?
Re: 3x opuntia
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:46 pm
by senjochka
sorry, couldn't upload the images, so here they are
Re: 3x opuntia
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 1:14 pm
by Arash37
Thanks for all your help. I heard opinion that the last one may be Opuntia leucotricha and still not sure about it.
